Calls for papers

TRANSLATING LINGUISTIC MINORITIES WITHIN AND BETWEEN THE ANGLOPHONE AND FRANCOPHONE SPHERES Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 28-29 May 2020 translation studies, sociolinguistics, cultural studies Conference outline In a world with borders already jostled by the conflicts and displacements of the 20th century, the end of the colonial era and the protest movements of the 1960s and 70s ultimately weakened the certainties of an ageing Europe. The dominant intellectual discourse, forced to recognise the voice of young people and of minorities, of the forgotten and the displaced, finds itself needing to adapt to new transformations. In this context, the rise of disciplines such as postcolonial and decolonial studies, gender studies, and sociolinguistics over the past decades pays testament to a veritable effort to shift the centre, while contributing to the validation of new voices and intellectual perspectives. The creation and ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages by twenty-five countries in 1992, as well as the organisation of an increasing number of conferences related to minority languages and cultures, are proof of the development of academic and institutional interest, relative as it may be, in minority languages. Such initiatives demonstrate the changing dynamics outlined above and have helped to increase the visibility of minority groups and the challenges they face (discrimination, linguistic insecurity, economic opportunities, access to world cultures etc. [Macaulay 1997, Cronin 1995]). Grappling with the emergence of these questions is a tall order for translators of fiction and non-fiction, confronted with the multifaceted realities that have come to replace a once monolingual and eurocentric understanding of standard languages [Macaulay 1997]. Minority and regional languages; accents, dialects, and sociolects; youth or queer language; languages of immigration, of previously colonised countries, or of diaspora communities: these all fall into the broad category of linguistic minorities 1. which have begun today to redefine borders between languages and to question the translator’s agency. The act of translating diversity, hybridity, and linguistic variation hence raises a number of ethical and political issues insofar as translating the Other involves a three-fold reassessment of (1) power relations within and between languages, (2) the reception of alterity, and (3) the position of the reader-translator. Since the “cultural turn” of the 1990s [see Bassnett & Lefevere 1990], contemporary Translation Studies has armed itself with ideas advanced in cultural studies and sociolinguistics in an effort to offer answers to these questions and to rethink alterity in translation in light of the sociology of the globalised literary market. Focusing on the dynamics specific to the translation of linguistic minorities within and between the anglophone and francophone spheres across the five continents, this conference endeavours to instigate a more encompassing investigation, the antithesis of what Michael Cronin refers to as homogenising and essentialist views of Europe2. Through a dialogue with the margins of two European cultural powerhouses, we hope to invite a questioning of the hierarchies inherent in both linguistic areas while laying the foundation for further multilingual studies. Declared the International Year of Indigenous Languages by the United Nations, 2019 is a particularly appropriate time to be calling for such reflections. 1 Definition of the notion of minority by Francisco Capotorti for the United Nations : « A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a State, in a non-dominant position, whose members – being nationals of the State – possess ethnic, religious or linguistic characteristics differing from those of the rest of the population and show, if only implicitly, a sense of solidarity, directed towards preserving their culture, tradition, religion or language » [Capotorti 1979 : 96 § 568] 2 « The signal failure to account for the linguistic and translational complexity of Europe in part stems from the tendency by post-colonial critics to reduce Europe to two languages, English and French, and to two countries, England and France. Thus, the critique of imperialism becomes itself imperialist » [Cronin 1995] Lines of inquiry This two-day conference will include a number of thematic panels, workshops, and roundtables which seek to shed light on the representation of linguistic minorities in francophone and anglophone contexts through the prism of translation. In this vein, we invite proposals that study the way in which linguistic minorities are presented in literary and audiovisual texts, as well as in the media, reflecting on issues including, but not limited to: the ethical positioning of the author/translator the authenticity and accessibility of the voice of the Other / the influence of the target audience on the linguistic veracity of the text (source and target) the role of the market in commercial translation the influence of external parties on the translation process intralingual translation and/or the standardisation of minor languages/linguistic varieties innovative translation strategies and the translator’s creativity the tension between orality and the written word self-translation as a possible form of emancipation for minority writers questions related to the temporality of minority languages and linguistic varieties the role of the paratext in presenting the Other / links between the paratext and translation strategies used within the text (non-)translation and the availability of the voice of the Other questions of power and the construction of identity the role of the media in shaping the reputation of minority groups the position of the minority language within the text (e.g narration v. dialogue, main character v. isolated characters) While the subject beckons a fundamentally pluridisciplinary approach to the issues broached, with the participation of specialists from other disciplines (linguistics, sociolinguistics, dialect studies, literary studies, media studies, anglophone studies, francophone studies etc.) highly encouraged, the papers presented should concern themselves primarily with the question of translation. We also welcome concrete case studies and contributions from professionals (translators, editors, journalists etc.). This conference will deal exclusively with the anglophone and francophone spheres, with the aim of establishing a more multilingual perspective in a future event. Submission guidelines Proposals for papers or round tables (in English or French) should be uploaded to the conference website before January 3, 2020. For individual papers (20 minutes + 10 minutes of discussion), please send an abstract of approximately 300 words, accompanied by five keywords and a biographical note of approximately 150 words. For round table discussions (30 minutes + 30 minutes discussion), please send a proposal of 300-500 words and a list of topics to be addressed in the discussion, accompanied by five keywords and a biographical note of approximately 150 words for each participant (3-4 speakers). MA and PhD students working on topics related to the conference themes are also encouraged to present their research in poster form. Please submit a brief summary and title of the project, indicating your status and year of enrolment (e.g. 1st-year Masters, 2nd-year PhD). Submissions will receive a response at the beginning of February.

Conference theme: Teaching Translation vs. Training Translators Since 2011, when it was held for the first time, the Translation and Interpreting Forum Olomouc has established itself as an open platform which is not limited only to an academic exchange within translation and interpreting studies research but embraces discussion with all players in the field of cross-language communication. The 2019 conference theme "Teaching Translation vs. Training Translators" revisits the topic of education and training of translators/interpreters. The featured guest speakers for TIFO 2019 are Luc van Doorslaer (University of Tartu / KU Leuven) and Chris Durban (freelance financial translator, Paris). We welcome proposals addressing, without limitation, the following topics:: ● teaching translation and interpreting: theory and practice● balancing translator competences – language, thematic, etc.● fitness for market as the ultimate goal?• translating into L2: a market need or a forbidden path?• changing role of the interpreter: implications for the classroom • technologies in the classroom and in the field● translation in language teaching – the fifth skill● CPD – university degree awarded, professional developmentstarted• translation as a labour of love or source of income? We welcome BOTH papers presenting results of academic research AND contributions by professionals in the field. The invitation to participate is extended to all parties concerned: academics (teachers and students), professional translators and interpreters, trade organisations and professional institutions, publishing houses, agencies providing language services, "in-house" language departments of transnational corporations, companies developing support tools and technology, etc. Deadline for submissions: September 30 2019 For more information, click here  

The Conference of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association is held every two years in the spring of even-numbered years. We are excited to announce that the next ATISA conference will be held April 24-26, 2020 at the University of California - Santa Barbara. The keynote speakers will be Moira Inghilleri (UMass Amherst) and Douglas Robinson (Hong Kong Baptist University). The theme of the conference is "Translation, Interpreting and Movement(s)". Deadline for submissions: 1 November For more information, click here

The Genealogies of Knowledge II conference in Hong Kong on 7-9 April 2020 will be hosting a number of open panels. Colleagues are warmly invited to submit paper abstracts for consideration by the panel convenors by 30 September 2019. For more details, and for a list of all the panels, click here

Tensions between Authoritative Translations and Retranslations in Theory and in Practice KU Leuven, Belgium, 23-25 March 2020 CETRA – Centre for Translation Studies at KU Leuven, in collaboration with United Bible Societies, presents a three-day conference dedicated to the theme of retranslating the Bible and the Qur’an. Its aim is to bring together Translation Studies scholars and translators working with sacred writings, in particular Biblical and Quranic texts, and to stimulate the dialogue between theory and practice. Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2019 For more information, click here

This panel welcomes proposals connected to any of the following or compatible issues, with a particular focus on the role of translation (in its narrow and broad senses) § The interplay between insurrectional and mainstream epistemologies, in relation to concepts such as expertise, progress, efficiency and experimentation § Insurrectional initiatives to reconfigure professions, disciplines, theories and research methodologies § Histories and geographies of resistance: the time and space of translation § Transnational diffusion, the uncertainties of cultural appropriation, and the risks of co-optation and instrumentalization § Insurrectional epistemologies and the porous frontier between grassroots and mainstream § Social and digital spaces: the tension between concrete and virtual space/time and its impact on emerging epistemologies § Activist communities in virtual space: what kind of insurrectional epistemologies emerge through transient, biodegradable networks? § Prefigurative translation: modes, critiques and alternative strategies Panel Convenor Julie Boéri lectures at the Translation and Interpreting Studies Department of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar. Her work focuses on social change and innovation in digital and non-digital environments, with a particular interest in narrative convergence and divergence among actors and communities. Her ethnographic studies of interactions, practices and artefacts in social organizations and media spaces seek to account for the dynamics of dominance and resistance at play in cross-cultural and cross-linguistic communicative encounters. Submissions of paper proposals should be sent to the panel convenor (Julie Boéri, jboeriAThbku.edu.qa) by 30 September 2019. Submissions should consist of: § Title § Abstract (350-400 words, including up to 5 bibliographic references). § Contributor’s 150-word (maximum) biodata written in the third person. § Full affiliation(s). Notification of acceptance will be sent by 30 October 2019. More information on the Conference: https://genealogiesofknowledge.net/2019/02/19/genealogies-of-knowledge-ii/ 

This joint AELFE-TAPP Conference brings together the 19th annual conference of AELFE (Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos/European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes) and the 2nd Conference of the Trans-Atlantic and Pacific Project (TAPP), a growing virtual exchange network that has developed transnational collaborative projects on specialised communication, translation and user experience. The combination of both conferences will allow participants to link the fields of languages for specific purposes (LSP) and telecollaboration/virtual exchange. The annual AELFE Conference is a meeting point for scholars interested in academic and professional communication from a multidisciplinary perspective. Venue: Vilanova i la Geltrú Date: 8-10 July 2020 Call for papers: 10 July to 31 October For more information, see https://aelfetapp.upc.edu/en/

English in a World of Strangers: Rethinking World Anglophone Studies In an increasingly globalized world characterized by multipolar power structures, trans-cultural flows and interlaced digital pathways, English has long since become a worldly language. A whole universe of discourse predicated on the question of who owns Eng-lish has been thrown into doubt: more than a billion people worldwide ‘do’ English in new and often unexpected ways, and anglophone literatures and cultures all over the world have become veritable contact zones characterized by multilingualism, trans-languaging and syncretic language practices. Work in progress in anglophone postcolonial studies – including M.A./M.Ed., PhD and Postdoc projects as well as ongoing research projects in general – can be presented in the “Under Construction” section, for which poster presentations are also welcome. Deadline for panel suggestions along with names of proposed speakers (minimum 3): November 01, 2019 Deadline for individual abstracts: December 31, 2019 For more details, visit https://www.gaps2020-frankfurt.com/

Translations, Translators, Interpreters and Subversion / Traductions, traductrices, traducteurs, interprètes et subversion Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) June 1 – 3, 2020 (dates to be confirmed) For more information, click here

The 2020 edition of Languages & the Media, the 13th International Conference on Language Transfer in Audiovisual Media, will be riding the wave of recent trends that are fast becoming reality in audiovisual localisation. The Call for Proposals is now open, and we invite you to help fuel the debate by submitting your ideas here until 15th October 2019. We encourage proposals for innovative presentations and workshops that focus, among other topics, on emerging tools and practices, including videogame localisation, machine translation and post-editing, transcreation, ad localisation and new revoicing applications. For more information: https://www.languages-media.com/

The Journal of Internationalization and Localization (JIAL), a peer-reviewed biannual journal published by John Benjamins (https://benjamins.com/catalog/jial), invites new (including recently completed PhD students) and established scholars to submit unpublished, original 6,000-10,000-word articles for Volume 7, Issues 1 and 2, to be published in 2020. Though we welcome submissions on any aspect of software, website and video game internationalization and localization, we particularly encourage submissions that address any of the following themes: Localization management (project management, process management, client management) Politics and localization (localization by governments, political issues that arise during localization) Machine translation in the localization industry (machine learning, AI, post-editing) Localization and quality (automation, Standards, translation strategies) Localization and open-source/volunteer communities Technical writing in the internationalization and localization industry Localization and minority languages In addition, we wish to invite the following contributions: Book reviews (3,000 – 4,000-word) of a new book-length publication of relevance Position papers (6,000 – 10,000-word) on a given topic to which a number of response papers will be invited to be published for the following issue We also welcome proposals for guest-edited thematic issues for either Volume 7 (2020) or Volume 8 (2021). Submission deadlines: For Volume 7, issue 1: 31 October 2019 For Volume 7, issue 2: 1 March 2020 Inquiries should be addressed to the journal’s co-editors: Minako O’Hagan (University of Auckland, New Zealand) minako.ohagan@auckland.ac.nz Julie McDonough Dolmaya (York University, Canada) dolmaya@glendon.yorku.ca

Parallèles publishes high-quality original research in translation and interpreting, as well as other forms of multilingual and multimodal communication. The journal is double-blind peer reviewed, open access and, since 2013, web-based only. Parallèles is a multilingual journal. It welcomes contributions in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. The journal is published bi-annually – in April and October – and alternates between thematic and non-thematic issues. Special issue proposals are examined once a year. Parallèles is indexed with the main scientific databases, including the MLA International Bibliography (listed in the Directory of Periodicals), ERIH PLUS, TSB, BITRA and the Directory of Open Access Journals. Submission guidelines are available at https://www.paralleles.unige.ch/en/soumissions/.