Calls for papers

Dear Esteemed Authors and Editors, I hope this message finds you well. We are thrilled to share some exciting news regarding TRANS-KATA journal's recent accreditation by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, attaining outstanding results. This achievement is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and invaluable contributions of each one of you. As we celebrate this milestone, we are excited to announce the upcoming release of Volume 4, Issue 2, scheduled for May 2024. We invite you to submit your latest research papers and manuscripts to be considered for publication in this upcoming issue. Your expertise and unique perspectives are crucial in maintaining the high standards of TRANS-KATA . Submission Deadline: 2 February 2024 To submit your papers or inquire about the submission process, please visit our online submission portal [insert link] or contact our editorial team at https://ejournal.transbahasa.co.id/index.php/jllce/about/submissions Kindly circulate this Call for Papers to your colleagues and students who may be interested in submitting their research.   Once again, thank you for your unwavering support and commitment to TRANS-KATA. We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions for the upcoming issue and continuing our journey of scholarly excellence together.  For more information, click here.

Guest Editor: Monika Zabrocka, Jagiellonian University in Krakow ANGLICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES is an open-access, annual, peer-reviewed journal in literary, cultural, and linguistic studies published both in print and online under the auspices of the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. The journal is indexed in SCOPUS, DOAJ, CEEOL, MLA, BazHum, EBSCO, MIAR, Index Copernicus, ERIHPLUS, Sherpa Romeo, and included in the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. The editors encourage scholars from across the academy to explore and provide their unique insight within the suggested thematic focus of Navigating New Frontiers: New Paradigms in Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility.  Deadline for submissions: 15 April 2024 For more information, click here.

Co-Editors of the issue: Prof. Sherry Simon, PhD Dr. Krzysztof Majer With this volume, we aim to stimulate an interdisciplinary discussion of translation—its nature, processes, and capacities—in the context of urban space and various attendant modes of mobility. As Siri Nergaard reminds us, translation always implies a spatial dimension: inevitably “conditioned by space,” it can also “promote or provoke changes in the perception and the use of spaces and places” (9). This necessitates a different conceptualization of space as “a site where production and interpretation are intermingled, where translations occur and where identity is reinterpreted” (Simon, “Introduction” 11). We are interested not only in how cultural transfer is enabled and negotiated, but also in actions that may limit or impede transmissibility. After all, the central figure invoked in Sherry Simon’s Cities in Translation is that of Hermes: “the god of both separation and connection [who] protects boundaries but through his magical powers also provides safe passage for travellers” (xv–xvii). This highly unstable entity—“messenger and trickster, trader and thief” (Simon, Cities xvii)—can also be seen as “a hermeneut: an inquiring mind, an interpreter of texts and a mediator across languages” (xvii–xviii). The prospective volume is designed to continue, and expand on, various strands of scholarly discussion initiated by Sherry Simon’s publications (e.g., Translation Sites: A Field Guide, 2019; Cities in Translation: Intersections of Language and Memory, 2012; Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided City, 2006), The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City (edited by Tong King Lee, 2021), the “Space” issue of Translation: A Transdisciplinary Journal (vol. 7, edited by Sherry Simon and Siri Nergaard, 2018), and the “The City as Translation Zone” issue of Translation Studies (vol. 7, no. 2, edited by Michael Cronin and Sherry Simon, 2014), among others. We invite researchers in all fields related to translation to submit papers that will engage with the histories and contemporary lives of cities across the globe, not only Europe and North America, but also cities in Africa, Asia, Latin America. Former colonial cities are of particular interest as they develop new relationships across histories. Also of interest are symbolic sites in cities that bring together languages in specific ways: markets, hotels, bridges, opera houses. Translation and language relations can be approached through a great variety of methods—whether it be sociolinguistics, literature, communication theory, or artistic practices, including cinema. Researchers are invited to engage with the following (the list is not exhaustive): relationships between language and urban space; translational/dual cities; urban zones of translational resistance; cultural meanings shaped through language interaction within the city; urban forces impeding the transfer of language and memory; dialogues between cities; the city as translational palimpsest; contested memories; postcoloniality and translation spaces; literary accounts of the multilingual city; symbolic sites of language encounter; artistic practices of language encounter, including avant-garde and experimental forms; translators as city dwellers and cultural agents; cities translated through violence, occupation, appropriation; neighbours, strangers, immigrants, foreigners: translating otherness in the city. Deadline for submissions: 31 Jan 2024 For more information, click here.

Edited by Carme Mangiron (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) and Mária Koscelníková (Constantine the Philosopher University) The video game industry has become a worldwide phenomenon, generating millions in revenue every year. Video games are increasingly becoming more elaborate and sophisticated, with advanced graphics and intricate story lines, and developers and publishers need to reach the widest possible audience in order to maximise their return on investment. Translating games into other languages and designing games that can be played for a wide spectrum of players, regardless of their (dis)ability, are two obvious ways to contribute to increasing the audience for the game industry. In addition, games are increasingly being used for “serious” purposes beyond entertainment, such as education, and such games should also be designed inclusively, to facilitate access to them by all types of players. Research on game localisation and accessibility has been gaining momentum in recent years. In particular, the number of studies analysing game localisation from different perspectives has increased dramatically, while game accessibility remains a relatively unexplored topic. This issue of L10N Journal will cover the following topics. Proposals about related topics are also welcome:  Game localisation process Standardisation and quality issues Game localisation best practices The game localisation industry today The future of the localisation industry Technology in game localisation AI in game localisation Machine translation and postediting in game localisation Cultural adaptation in games Transcreation Humour in games Gender issues in game localisation Dubbing and subtitling for games Localisation of online, mobile phone and tablet games, social games Localisation of indie games Localisation of serious games Video game fan translation Crowdsourcing Video games and Translation Studies The language of gaming Game accessibility Design for all, inclusive design Please send your articles to the editors of the issue, Carme Mangiron (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) and Mária Koscelníková (Constantine the Philosopher University) at editorial@l10njournal.net with the subject: “L10N Journal Game Insights 2024” by 31st January 2024. The author guidelines can be found here. The publication of the issue is planned for June 2024. For more information, click here.

T-RADEX aims to bring together scholars working on any form of radical, extreme or extremist narratives from a translational, cross-cultural, multilingual and intercultural perspective.   Participants are invited to consider the role of translation in reproducing, manipulating, and spreading such discourses or to examine how extreme or radical narratives unfold in cross-cultural and/ or intercultural communication. T-RADEX aims to shed light on any form of extremist discourse / extreme or radical narrative that goes beyond what the majority considers extreme / extremist or radical. Such narratives can be found in both far-right and far-left discourse, and include radicalization discourse, social and/or exclusion narratives based on sexual orientation and gender. T-RADEX welcomes papers using a diverse range of perspectives and approaches to translation and cross-cultural communication, including Critical Discourse Analysis, Narrative Theory, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Appraisal Theory, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis, and Social Semiotics. We are inviting papers based on a variety of contexts (mainstream and alternative media, social media platforms), types of translation (translation, adaptation, localization, audio-visual translation, including dubbing and subtitling of videos of extreme or extremist content) and cross-cultural communication. For more information, click here. Closing date for submissions: 31 Jan 2024

The 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL) will be held from 8 to 14 September 2024 in Poznań. We invite abstracts for Sections, Focus streams, and Workshops. Sections will take place on Monday and Tuesday (9-10 September), Focus streams on Wednesday (11 September), and Workshops on Thursday and Friday (12-13 September).Abstracts should clearly state the research question(s), approach, method, data, and (expected) results. They should not display the names of the presenters, nor their affiliations or addresses, or any other information that could reveal their authorship. They should contain the title, five keywords, and a text between 300 and 400 words (including examples, excluding references). For more information, click here. Deadline for abstracts: 1 Feb 2024

As  a continuation of the now well-established tradition of conferences focusing on “Retranslation in Context, first organised at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (2013 and 2015), Ghent University (2017), Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid (2019) and most recently at Károli Gáspár University in Budapest (2022), we are delighted to announce the international conference Retranslation in Context VI, to be held at Ege University, Izmir on 31.10 - 01.11 2024.  As succinctly emphasized by Paloposki and Koskinen (2010, 30-31), retranslation is “a field of study that has been touched from many angles but not properly mapped out, and in which there exist a number of intuitive assumptions which have not been thoroughly studied.” In a further attempt to explore the concept in its broadest meaning, we hope to expand the discussion around the exciting phenomenon of retranslation. The aim of the conference is to gather researchers from various academic fields and encourage a multidisciplinary discussion regarding the intricacies and complexities of retranslation, drawing on both textual and contextual work. We invite papers and panels based on research into retranslation in the field of literary translation as well as studies on retranslations of scholarly and scientific texts. We also welcome studies on other aspects of retranslation, such as the historiographical, political and/or philosophical, as well as methodological approaches. Other subjects for discussion at the conference may include among others retranslation and gender, drama and retranslation, retranslation and censorship and taboo, the dissemination of knowledge, the role of different agents, market struggles and dynamics, retranslation and multimodality, digital paratexts and social media discourse around retranslated works. We invite contributions (20-minute papers) addressing diverse aspects of retranslation, focusing on but not limited to any of the topics listed below:  1. Retranslation and (Self-)Censorship 2. Retranslation and Taboo 3. Retranslation and History 4. Retranslation and Gender 5. Retranslation and Drama 6. Retranslation and Canon 7. Retranslation and Intertextuality  8. Retranslation Ethics  9. Retranslation and Multimodality 10. Retranslation and Politics 11. Retranslation and Digital Humanities 12. Retranslation and Audiovisual Translation 13. Retranslation and Religion   Deadline for abstracts: 15 Feb 2024 For more information, click here.  

We welcome proposals for conceptual papers as well as case studies and empirical research contributions that address the labour and work of translation and interpreting in both theory and practice. Please send your extended abstract (700-800 words, excluding references) to both editors Cornelia Zwischenberger (cornelia.zwischenberger@univie.ac.at) and Alexa Alfer (A.Alfer01@westminster.ac.uk) by 15 January 2023. Further Information: https://transcultcom.univie.ac.at/news-and-events/news-detail/news/call-for-papers-special-issue-of-traget/

Publisher: Routledge Series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2024 Editors: • Wenqian Zhang, University of Exeter, UK • Sui He, Swansea University, UK Chinese Internet literature (CIL), also known as Chinese online/web/network literature, refers to“Chinese-language writing, either in established literary genres or in innovative literary forms, writtenespecially for publication in an interactive online context and meant to be read on-screen” (Hockx 2015,4). While CIL is commonly equated with Chinese web-based genre fiction known for entertainmentvalue, it encompasses a broader range of genres such as poetry and comic strips, covering realisticthemes prevailing in serious literature (Inwood 2016; Feng 2021). CIL is born-digital, but it differsessentially from ‘electronic literature’ or ‘digital literature’ that originated in the West. While Westerne-literature is “more technology-oriented” (Duan 2018, 670) and usually involves “some sort ofcomputer programming or code” (Hockx 2015, 5–6), CIL is relatively less technologised andexperimental in format. In fact, what makes CIL stand out is its interactive features facilitated byprofessional literary platforms, its underlying profit motive, and mass participation in terms of literarywriting, reading and criticism (Hockx 2015).Over the past three decades, the proliferation of CIL has been fuelled by advancements in internettechnology and formulation of larger social media communities, alongside other key factors such aseconomic growth and the constantly changing ideological and political discourses in and outsidemainland China. One notable landmark in the trajectory of CIL is the implementation of a pay-per-readbusiness model by the literary website Qidian (起点 Starting Points) in 2003 – in this model, Qidiancharges readers for accessing serialised popular novels and their ‘VIP chapters’ (Hockx 2015, 110). Thisstep marks the beginning of the commodification of CIL. It reshapes the literary writing practices andauthor-reader/producer-consumer dynamics in Chinese cyberspace (Schleep 2015, Tian and Adorjan2016). Further developments along this line have enabled CIL to grow into a streamlined industry andmature ecosystem, with a vast number of popular titles being adapted into films, TV/web series, videogames and other types of media products, generating enormous economic value and revenue. The influence of CIL has travelled across geographical and linguistic borders. Platforms such asWuxiaworld, Webnovel, Chapters and TapRead have made significant contributions to the disseminationof CIL to the global audience. In addition to translations published on authorised literary platforms, fantranslations spread within fan communities form a grey zone for less-regulated consumption of CILaround the world. To lower the cost and shorten the turnaround time of translating CIL, literaryplatforms have shifted their attention to AI-powered translation. For example, Webnovel has integratedLingoCloud (an AI-powered translation extension) into its website. Other practitioners in the industry,such as Funstory.ai Ltd. (推文科技 tuiwen keji), provide the service of “AI-assisted multilingualtranslation and processing, front cover design, booklist creating, book review collecting, chapter-by-chapter performance analysis and localisation” in order to promote online literature overseas(funstory.ai).To date, there has been an extensive body of research on CIL in literary, gender, platform and culturalstudies in a monolingual stance (e.g., Feng 2013; Shao 2016; Ouyang 2018), but only a handful ofscholarly articles delve specifically into its interlingual, intersemiotic and intercultural disseminationon the global stage (e.g., Cao 2021; Chang and Gao 2022; Chen 2023; Li 2021). To bridge this gap, thisvolume will be the first book in English that offers a critical examination of the translation, adaptationand circulation of CIL. As a timely addition to the scholarship on this topic, we aim to provide acontextual background and a framework for navigating the emerging subfield in the literary landscape,approaching its translation and dissemination across national, cultural, medial and linguistic borders.We welcome contributions that explore topics including but not limited to: o Interdisciplinary attempts for addressing the methodological and theoretical considerations oftranslating CIL (e.g., gender studies, fan studies, literary studies, media studies, cultural studies,marketing studies, digital humanities, human-machine interaction, etc.); o Theoretical underpinnings in terms of translation studies (e.g., audiovisual translation,multimodality, user-centred translation, collaborative translation, localisation, literarytranslation, etc.); o Exploring and (re-)defining the terminologies and characteristics associated with the(sub)genres of CIL in light of its interlingual, intersemotic and/or intercultural transmission;and what does CIL mean for how we understand literature and translation; o Agents involved in the translation, adaptation and dissemination of CIL (e.g., translators,literary websites/platforms, readers, streaming services, governmental bodies, etc.) – either aspractical reflections or research observations;o Social, political and technical infrastructures related to the translation and dissemination of CIL(e.g., state censorship and policies, publishing patterns and models, marketing and promotionalactivities, AI-assisted/machine translation of CIL, etc.); o The construction of transmedia universe and IPs (e.g., the adaptation of popular literary titlesinto web series, video games, films, manga, animation, etc.); o Assessment, review and reception of CIL and their translations To propose a chapter, please submit an abstract (500 words maximum, excluding references) and ashort bio (100 words maximum) to both w.zhang3@exeter.ac.uk and sui.he@swansea.ac.uk by 15January 2024. Please send your email with a subject line in the format of “TransCIL + Author name”.Ideally, abstracts should provide details about the research questions, methodologies, and, if possible,the results (6) (PDF) Call for Papers | Edited Volume: Translating Chinese Internet Literature: Global Adaptation and Circulation (Routledge, 2025). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375598118_Call_for_Papers_Edited_Volume_Translating_Chinese_Internet_Literature_Global_Adaptation_and_Circulation_Routledge_2025 [accessed Dec 12 2023].

We are delighted to host the 4th annual conference of the Translation Studies Network of Ireland at the University of Galway, on April 25-26, 2024. This year, the theme of the conference is “Translation and Creativity,” which mirrors our city’s proud tradition of combining grass roots creativity with the delivery of sophisticated arts and creative spectacles.  The way in which translation has intersected with creativity ranges from the Romantic stereotype of the creator as individual genius to the ultimate frontier of deep learning and machine translation. In this conference we wish to explore linguistic, cultural, modal, disciplinary, multimedia and performative creativity as it translates between forms, languages, people, approaches and media. If just before the turn of the millennium translation was seen as mainly dependent on the distance from the original, as well as on print as the medium of choice, it has steadily acquired a more dialogic and re-creational dimension, becoming an integral part of the creative writing process to the point to which it can even create new literature in computer-mediated environments. With more attention paid to re-writing processes and sociolinguistic factors, the “creative wave” in translation studies has encompassed processes such as self-translation, re-translation, multimodality, hybridity and artistic expression. Finally, and without exhausting the wealth of areas in which translators’ creativity plays a seminal role, migration in the 21st century and other significant population displacements have increased our awareness of the importance of translation for new community building and have drastically reshaped the dynamics between norms and creativity. In this conference we welcome any contributions introducing interdisciplinary approaches or mixed methods to study translation and creativity, and we also welcome presentations which showcase creative practice in translation. A non-exhaustive list of possible topics for presentations includes: Translation and/as creative writing Translation, creative media and multimodality Creativity in translation processes/workflows Machine translation and creativity Interdisciplinarity as creative approach Creativity and interpreting Translation as an art form Translation, creativity and environment Minority approaches to translation as creativity Beyond (in)visibility: claiming translators’ identity as creative individuals Playfulness in translation Translation, transcreation and adaptation in multimodal contexts Translation, adaptation and subversion across different art forms Creative approaches to translation research methodology Translation as creative approach in resilient community building Creativity in volunteer or professional settings Creativity and translation shift: novelty, acceptability, fluency and flexibility Socio-political agendas promoted or challenged by creative translational acts Deadline for abstracts: 20 Jan 2024 For more information, click here.

Guest editors: Deborah Giustini & María Jiménez-Andrés Language rights encompass the right to choose and use one’s language in various spheres, including legal, educational, and media contexts (De Varennes 2007). Globally, minority language speakers and their associated language rights face threats from factors like national language dominance, assimilation, and colonialism, leading to declining usage (Romaine 2007). In particular, the rapid advancements in information and communication technology (ICT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are significantly impacting language rights and multilingual societies. Language policy and planning increasingly attend to the role of technology in the revitalization of endangered languages and more widely, in the governmental promotion of multilingualism and social justice (Gazzola et al. 2023). International organizations such as at the EU level are often at the forefront of preserving language rights as fundamental rights of people and essential components of their cultural heritage. Initiatives like the Digital Language Equality and European Language Equality projects aim to support languages for them to prosper in the digital age (Gaspari et al. 2023). International organizations, NGOs, and humanitarian groups as well prioritize managing communication and preserving linguistic diversity through technologies to enhance information dissemination in crisis settings (Tesseur 2018; O’Brien et al. 2018; Federici & O’Brien 2019; Jiménez-Andrés & Orero 2022). However, digital services remain unevenly accessible to vulnerable communities like migrants and refugees, reliant on supporting organizations (Jiménez-Andrés & Orero 2022), and facing obstacles related to digital literacy, potentially exacerbating social exclusion. Additionally, NGOs and humanitarian aid groups encounter limited adoption of translation and interpreting technologies (Rico 2019). Machine translation is often reserved for donor and official publications (Hunt et al. 2019), with limited support for minority languages since it is primarily designed for commercial and organizational use (Nurminen & Koponen 2020). Although many organizations endorse video remote interpreting (VRI) as a cost-effective solution, technical infrastructure limitations constrain use in humanitarian settings (James et al. 2022). Furthermore, technology use in organizations raises ethical and quality concerns, notably seen in the increasing reliance on AI-powered translations in asylum and immigration systems (Giustini 2024a, 2024b). Recent developments in the field of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs) could aggravate the already disadvantaged situation of certain languages. LLMs often perform badly in non-standard languages, yet they play a growing role in life-altering decision-making settings, such as justice, asylum, and healthcare. Trained on human language, LLMs perpetuate racial and gender biases (Wang, Rubinstein & Cohn 2022), impacting accountability and necessary corrective measures as machine-made mistakes remain opaque. This issue relates closely to tech companies’ role in language rights. Current LLMs are mostly property of a few tech giants (most of them from the Global North), raising ethical concerns about AI resource concentration, transparency, and open science criteria (van Dis et al. 2023). Developers prioritize LLM applications for languages with more reliable performance, perpetuating lower model performativity and exacerbating under-representation of languages and social groups from digital spaces (Weidinger et al. 2021; Rozado 2023). While LLMs can level language barriers, they may be exploited by high-income countries and privileged groups. In the Global South, tech firms based in the Global North are leveraging economic disparities to create products that further entrench Western hegemonic dominance in AI, and thus digital colonialism (Healy 2023, 4). Unequal internet access and hardware requirements also mean that LLM benefits are seldom accessible to all (Sambasivan & Holbrook 2018). Finally, technological advancements in remote interpreting (Fantinuoli 2018; Giustini 2022), computer-assisted interpreting (Fantinuoli 2023), gig translation/interpreting models (Fırat 2021; Giustini forthcoming), AI/LLM training (Healy 2013), and machine translation (Rothwell et al. 2023) have raised questions about fair employment rights in the language industry. These changes also led to a re-evaluation of working conditions, roles, and identities, enhancing efficiency and flexibility but requiring professionals to adapt to machine integration, with implications for skills, labor pricing, and job satisfaction. Against this backdrop, the special issue illuminates the critical need to address concerns at the intersection of language rights and technology, especially as we delve into the complex challenges faced by vulnerable communities across various contexts. Furthermore, it emphasizes the call for increased research to unravel the intricate societal, political, humanitarian, and organizational factors that amplify language-related power imbalances, specifically in the context of technology’s evolving landscape. Just. Journal of Language Rights and Minorities, Revista de Drets Lingüístics i Minories is seeking submissions for a special issue on the topic of language rights and technology. The special issue aims to propel a debate on the dynamics and challenges surrounding the intersection of language rights and technology, exploring how advancements in (but not limited to) artificial intelligence, machine translation, machine interpreting, and digital communication impact linguistic diversity and accessibility, as well as language communities and policies, in our increasingly interconnected world. Researchers are invited to submit articles in English, Spanish, or Catalan. Articles are expected to represent research across a wide range of disciplines, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary studies. The special issue aims to foster more interdisciplinary discussion among scholars from translation and interpreting studies, social sciences, political sciences, development studies, human-computer interaction, and science and technology studies, among other fields. We welcome any article that contributes to our understanding of the crossroads between language rights and technology. In preparing their submission, authors may wish to consider and address the following guiding questions:   Organizations, technologies, and vulnerable communities: How can technology ensure equitable language access and safeguard linguistic diversity for vulnerable communities in a variety of contexts, including humanitarian and crisis situations? How can translation and interpreting technologies better support minority language speakers and non-standard language varieties within and beyond organizational settings? Ethical and quality concerns in technology use: What ethical safeguards can be implemented to address potential biases and inequalities arising from AI-powered language technologies? How can technology-driven decision-making processes be made more transparent and accountable, especially in life-altering situations? Tech companies and language rights: What roles should tech companies play in promoting language rights? How can their near-monopoly on language models be ethically managed? What strategies can ensure equitable access to language technologies for marginalized languages and communities, in line with language rights principles? Impact on language professionals: How can language professionals negotiate fair working conditions in an increasingly technology-driven landscape? What are the implications of technology integration for language professionals, particularly concerning skills and job security? Language, human rights, and technologies: How does technology contribute to sustaining or disrupting gendered and ethnolinguistic communities? What role can technology play in safeguarding ecological knowledge and cultural heritage, and/or preserving and transmitting indigenous knowledge through language? AI and linguistic communities: What concerns are associated with bias in natural language processing and AI systems, particularly as it pertains to language rights? How does the use of machine translation services affect linguistic communities, and what are the implications for languages with limited digital representation? Digital linguistic landscapes: How does language use in digital spaces reflects power dynamics and language rights, and are there any strategies and tools that have been successful in promoting language rights activism? What are the legal and ethical dimensions of language rights in the context of the internet and digital communication, and how can linguistic diversity online be protected? Just. Journal of Language Rights & Minorities, Revista de Drets Lingüístics i Minories is a journal dedicated to disseminating scholarship on the protection, enforcement, and promotion of the rights of linguistic minorities as well as related themes arising from the confluence of language, the social dynamics of dominance and oppression, and the law. Interested authors are invited to send 500- to 700-word proposals (excluding references) and inquiries directly to the guest editors: Deborah Giustini (dgiustini@hbku.edu.qa) and María Jiménez-Andrés (mandres@hbku.edu.qa) by May 1st, 2024. Please include a brief 150-word bionote about the authors, their affiliations and contact details in a separate file. All abstracts and manuscripts should use the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) for both citation (https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html) and drafting. A summary of the drafting CMS guidelines is available in Just’s author guidelines (https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/JUST/about/submissions). Authors of abstracts that are accepted for consideration will be invited to submit a full manuscript that is between 6,000 and 8,000 words in length (exclusive of abstract and references but including footnotes). Every manuscript will be submitted to a double-blind peer review that includes at least two referees. For more information, click here.

The fast-paced advancement in science and technology in an increasingly globalized world demands a greater interaction between individuals from different cultures and societies. Thus, translation has become a necessary an invaluable tool for communication in all fields of knowledge. In this context, the VII International Congress on Science and Translation: “Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge” emphasizes on the essential role of translation in the dissemination of ideas and scientific advances. This congress aims to be a meeting point and a discussion forum about science and translation connections. The congress will be organized around the following discussion panels: • Panel 1 – Translation & Interpreting in Specialized Contexts • Panel 2 – Audiovisual & Multimodal Translation • Panel 3 – Didactics of Specialized Translation and Interpreting • Panel 4 – Specialized Languages • Panel 5 – Technologies & New Research and Professional Perspectives 1. Contributions Contributions shall not exceed 20 minutes. Contributions dealing with any of the above thematic panels are welcomed, specially those that deal with the study of: - Terminology and specific languages. - Lexicology and contrastive phraseology. - Translation and interpreting in specialized contexts. - Didactics of translation and interpreting. - Dissemination of scientific knowledge. - Labour market and translation. Translation as a business. - Research on translation and interpreting. - Specialized languages, terminology - Audiovisual and multimodal translation - Technologies, translation and interpreting   Deadline for abstracts: 1 Feb 2024. For more information, click here.