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2nd Conference of the International Association for
Translation and Intercultural Studies

Intervention in Translation, Interpreting
and Intercultural Encounters

University of the Western Cape, South Africa
12th-14th July 2006

Programme outline

 

:: Tuesday, 11 July: Pre-conference Workshops

08h30-16h30

Full day tour: The Peninsula (optional)

12h30-16h30

Half day tour: Township Cultural experience (optional)

10h30-14h00

Workshop 1: Training for trainers in subtitling
Presenters: Jorge Díaz-Cintas and Aline Remael
Venue:
GH2/video lab

14h00-14h15

Coffee break in student cafeteria (own account)

14h15-17h15

Workshop 2: New Voices: Writing successful academic papers
Presenters: Jeremy Munday, Gaby Saldanha and Marion Winters
Panellists: Mona Baker, Carol Maier, Juliane House, Jeremy Munday and Jorge Díaz Cintas

Venue:
GH3

16h00-18h00

Registration: Foyer, GH Lecture Theatres, University of the Western Cape

18h00-20h00

Informal Welcoming Reception: Foyer, GH Lecture Theatres, University of the Western Cape.

Address by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Brian O’Connell
Venue: GH1

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:: Wednesday, 12 July

Transportation to Conference Venue
Pick-up point from Cape Town Hotels:
Parking area of City Lodge Hotel. Time of departure: 7h30.
Pick-up point From Durbanville guesthouses: Individual minibuses will pick up delegates at 8h00.

08h30-09h00

Registration: Foyer, GH Lecture Theatres, University of the Western Cape

09h00-09h15

Welcome and Announcements:
IATIS President Annie Brisset & Conference Chair, Charlyn Dyers
Venue: GH1

09h15-10h15

Plenary One: Jeff Verschueren (Chair: Aileen Pearson-Evans)
Translation and/as recontextualization
Venue: GH1

10h15-10h45

Coffee Break and opening of Publishers’ Exhibition
Venue: Foyer, GH Lecture Theatres

10h45-13h00

Parallel Sessions and Panels [Wed-1]

>>> Click here for details of parallel sessions and panels

13h00-14h00

Lunch
Venue: Great Hall

14h00-15h00

Plenary Two: Rosemary Moeketsi (Chair: Kim Wallmach)
Towards more effective interpreting in South African courts
Venue: GH1

15h00-17h50

Parallel Sessions and Panels [Wed-2]

>>> Click here for details of parallel sessions and panels

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:: Thursday, 13 July

Transportation to Conference Venue
Pick-up point from Cape Town Hotels:
Parking area of City Lodge Hotel. Time of departure: 7h30.
Pick-up point From Durbanville guesthouses: Individual minibuses will pick up delegates at 8h00.

08h30-09h00

Registration: Foyer, GH Lecture Theatres, University of the Western Cape

09h00-10h00

Plenary Three: Carol Maier (Chair: Stanley Ridge)
The person to whom it happened: Current Perspectives on the translator as an intervenient being
Venue: GH1

10h00-10h30

Coffee Break
Venue: GH Foyer

10h30-12h45

Parallel Sessions and Panels [Thur-1]
>>> Click here for details of parallel sessions and panels

12h45-13h45

Lunch
Venue: Great Hall

13h45-14h45

Plenary Four: Basil Hatim (Chair: Alet Kruger)
It may be in the text but is it also in the discourse?
Venue: GH1

14h50-17h05

Parallel Sessions and Panels [Thur-2]
>>> Click here for details of parallel sessions and panels

17h05-18h15

IATIS General Meeting
Venue: GH1 (Coffee available in foyer)

18h15-19h30

Blaauwklippen Wine Tasting and Multilingual Poetry Performance
Venue: Foyer, Great Hall

(no extra cost)

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:: Friday, 14 July

Transportation to Conference Venue
Pick-up point from Cape Town Hotels:
Parking area of City Lodge Hotel. Time of departure: 7h30.
Pick-up point From Durbanville guesthouses: Individual minibuses will pick up delegates at 8h00.

8h30-9h00

Registration: Foyer, GH Lecture Theatres, University of the Western Cape

9h00-10h00

Plenary Five: Rita Khothari (Chair: Theo Hermans)
Translating subalterneity: Yet another role for English in India
Venue: GH1

10h00-10h30

Coffee Break
Venue: GH Foyer

10h30-12h45

Parallel Sessions and Panels [Fri-1]
>>> Click here for details of parallel sessions and panels

12h45-13h45

Lunch
Venue: Great Hall

13h45-14h45

Plenary Six: Yameng Liu (Chair: Ilse Feinauer)
Southward Ho, or how to become a translator engagé in our time
Venue: GH1

14h45-16h25

Parallel Sessions and Panels [Fri-2]
>>> Click here for details of parallel sessions and panels

16h30-16h45

CONFERENCE CLOSURE
IATIS President Annie Brisset
Venue: GH1

17h00

Bus leaves conference venue for Stellenbosch and conference dinner venue

18h30-22h00

Conference Dinner. Moyo African Restaurant, Spier Wine Farm, Stellenbosch

22h00

Bus leaves conference dinner venue for hotels

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:: Saturday, 15 July

8h30-18h00

Full day tour: The Cape Winelands (optional)

8h30-12h30

Half day tour: The Peninsula (optional)

13h30-17h30

Half day tour: Cape Town Mother City (optional)

Half day tour: Township Cultural Experience (optional)

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:: Sunday, 16 July

8h30-18h00

Full day tour: The Peninsula (optional)

Full day tour: Aquila Game Reserve (optional)

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Special Panels

LAST  IATIS CONFERENCE
Cape Town 2006

In July 2006, IATIS held its 2nd Conference at The University of the Western Cape, in Cape Town (South Africa). The Theme of the conference was Intervention in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Encounters.

Want to know more?

Visit the Cape Town 2006 site.

To see the photographs taken during the event, click here.

Read the conference closing address available here.
 

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