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Gesellschaftliche und hochschulpolitische Entwicklungen in den letzten Jahren haben gerade im Bereich der Translation und der Translationswissenschaft zu einem wachsenden Bedarf an wissenschaftlich qualifizierten Lehrenden geführt. Lehrende sehen sich zunehmend vor der Herausforderung, neue didaktische Konzepte zu entwerfen, die auf die Ansprüche des Marktes reagieren können, sich aber gleichzeitig auf die Grundprinzipien der wissenschaftlichen Bildung stützen. Wissen um die Ressourcen und Instrumente, die in der translationsrelevanten Hochschuldidaktik zur Verfügung stehen, sind Voraussetzung für die systematische Erforschung des eigenen didaktischen Ansatzes und Reflexion von studentischen Lernprozessen und somit für die weitere Professionalisierung des Unterrichts. Die Tagung in Graz versteht sich als Forum von Lehrenden im Feld der hochschuldidaktischen Forschung und als Schnittstelle universitärer Forschung und Lehre. Wir laden alle Interessierten ein, Abstracts (ca. 300 Wörter) für Vorträge (20 min.), Poster oder Workshops (45 min) bis 30. April 2019 einzureichen. Erwünscht sind Beiträge zu allen Aspekten translationsrelevanter Lehre: Fragestellungen: Wie verändern technische Entwicklungen (z. B. maschinelle Übersetzungsprogramme, neue Medien) den Unterricht?Wie wird Mehrsprachigkeit in der Lehre zur Ressource?Wie sehen studentische Lernprozesse aus und wie wirken sie auf die Lehre zurück?Wie lassen sich Einstellungsveränderungen von Studierenden und Lehrenden messen und verwenden?Wie lässt sich die Ressource Emotional-Intelligenz in die Lehre integrieren?Studienerfolgsforschung: Wie kann man Evaluation zur Entwicklung der Lehre verwenden?Welche Unterrichtskonzepte und -methoden sind für die Zielsetzungen translationswissenschaftlicher Studiengänge besonders geeignet? Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Vorschläge und bitten Sie, diese bis zum 30.04.2019 zu schicken. E-Mail-Adresse: itat(at)uni-graz.at Tagungsgebühr: 90 Euro Earl-bird Gebühr: 70 Euro (vor 31. Mai 2019) Studierenden-Gebühr: 50 Euro Webseite: https://translationswissenschaft.uni-graz.at/de/itat/veranstaltungen/konferenzen/ressourcen-und-instrumente-der-translationsrelevanten-hochschuldidaktikresources-and-tools-for-ti-education/ *** The transformation of the social and academic landscape in recent years has resulted in a growing demand for practisearchers. i.e. teachers who can develop methodological approaches that will not only equip students with the professional skills needed for a rapidly changing labour market but are also founded on solid academic principles. In order to successfully address these challenges, teachers need a profound knowledge of methodological tools and resources with which to systematically reflect on their own teaching and their students’ learning progress, and so also enhance their self-development. This conference aims to bring together teachers and researchers on translation and interpreting programmes who are interested in developing new methodological approaches, resources and tools to support students’ acquisition of language and translation skills. We particularly welcome contributions which address the following topics: What impact do new (translation) technologies have on the T&I classroom and our teaching approach?How can linguistic diversity and plurilingualism be used as a classroom resource?How do students acquire skills and how do their learning processes affect our teaching?How can attitudes and values be measured and exploited to further learning?How can Emotional Intelligence be used as a teaching/learning resource?How can assessment (for and of learning) be used to enhance teaching methodologies?What didactic approaches and strategies are best suited to T&I courses? Please submit your abstracts (max. 300 words) to itat(at)uni-graz.at Deadline for submission of abstracts (in German or English): 30th April 2019 Conference fee: 90 Euro Early-bird fee: 70 Euro (before 31st May 2019) Students: 50 Euro Conference page: https://translationswissenschaft.uni-graz.at/de/itat/veranstaltungen/konferenzen/ressourcen-und-instrumente-der-translationsrelevanten-hochschuldidaktikresources-and-tools-for-ti-education/

{jcomments off}{imageshow sl=1 sc=1 /} Call for Papers"Words Laying Down the Law: Translating Arabic Legal Discourse" 7-8 October 2019, Aga Khan Centre, London The Governance Programme at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study ofMuslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) invites papers in the disciplines of legalanthropology, law and comparative law, legal pragmatics, sociolinguistics anddiscourse analysis, politics and translation studies for a two-day conference ontranslations of legal discourse in Arabic-speaking contexts. What is the impact of translation on the diffusion of legal concepts between domainsof discourse? Does the translation of legal terminology modify the perception of thecorresponding legal phenomena in observable and applied ways? How are wordstranslated from legal discourse into everyday discourse, and does translation happenin the other direction? We welcome papers examining translation in the broad senses of mediation,transposition and modification, where at least one of the languages is Arabic in anyof its varieties and registers, as used in law-making and law-enforcing contexts, orin popular representations of the law. The papers need not be limited to a specifictime period or geographical region; for instance, we will accept papers ofdemonstrable quality that conduct conversation analysis of legal hearings, as wellas intertextual analysis of historical lawbooks, or papers that ethnographicallyexamine understandings of the law in Arabic-speaking countries, as well as studythe sociology of translation in state offices handling asylum applications from Arabrefugees. Our goal is to set up a framework for exploring the effects of the moment oftranslation on how law is applied and understood in Arabic and/or by Arabicspeakers. Please send abstracts of 500 words (excluding bibliography) by 31 May 2019to ismc.governance@aku.edu. Notifications of acceptance decisions will be sent out by 30 June 2019.A limited fund to support scholars who do not have access to institutional fundingwill be available to cover travel and accommodation costs. Please indicate if youneed this financial support when applying. OrganiserThis conference is organised by AKU-ISMC's Governance Programme. TheGovernance Programme’s annual workshops and conferences on a range of themesexplore how Muslim societies develop political systems that promote publicwelfare, achieve popular legitimacy and recognise minority rights in a time markedby heated debates over tradition, religion and modernity. Confirmed Keynote SpeakersProf Myriam Salama-Carr, University of Manchester.Prof Baudouin Dupret, Sciences Po Bordeaux.Prof Roberta Aluffi, University of Turin.Dr Neveen Al Saeed, Ain Shams University, Cairo. Time and Venue7-8 October 2019Atrium Conference Room,Aga Khan Centre,10 Handyside Street,London N1C 4DN Free registration will open on 1 July 2019 Keep in touch here: https://www.aku.edu/events/Pages/event-list.aspx

BLOOMSBURY HANDBOOK OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSLATION Proposal for an edited volume prepared by Kobus Marais Department of Linguistics and Language Practice University of the Free State, Bloemfontein jmarais@ufs.ac.za The well-known, if somewhat notorious, turns in translation studies are indicative of a field of study that is still trying to find its boundaries. In subsequent turns, translation studies has expanded, on the one hand, the ambit of its scholarly view from linguistics to pragmatics to culture to sociology to ideology/power – keeping in mind that some might arrange the list in different order or use different names for the turns. On the other hand, these expanding efforts did not succeed in expanding the notion of translation itself beyond interlinguistic translation. Not much anyway. In a recent monograph (Marais, 2019), I presented an argument for expanding the notion of translation to that of negentropic semiotic work performed on semiotic processes with the aim of imposing constraints on these semiotic processes to create meaning. Many of the implications of such a theoretical expansion still need to be explored. One such exploration would be to study the ‘alternative’ uses of the term translation. By alternative, I mean alternative to interlinguistic translation. The theoretical work I did opened up all aspects of semiotic activity to translational enquiry. Alternative could thus refer to alternative fields of study, alternative times, alternative spaces, alternative cultures, alternative practices, alternative people or alternative conceptualisations. This volume thus aims at exploring translational aspects in contexts in which scholars usually do not think about translation. While large portions of translation studies have been trying frantically to defend their field of interest in terms of interlinguistic translation, the rest of the world has been using the term ‘translation’ in a variety of contexts. Translation studies often responded to this wider use by calling it a ‘metaphorical’ use of the term translation. However, the theoretical conceptualisation to which I referred in the previous paragraph argues that these uses are not metaphorical at all. Rather, all semiotic work is based on the basic principle of translation, namely, ‘the meaning of a sign is its translation into another, more developed sign’ (CP) (Pym, 1993, pp. 35-42). Thus, what mathematicians, physicists, biologists, engineers, architects, managers, politicians, theologians, anthropologists, sociologists, semioticians, medical specialists, computer scientists, development specialists and others mean when they use the term ‘translation’ might indeed have specific connotations in that field, but they all refer to a meaning-making semiotic process which operates with the imposition of constraints on semiotic process. As is well known in translation studies, in interlingual translation, translators and their practices and products differ widely, depending on the space and time under consideration. For instance, relatively little is known about pre-colonial translation practices in Africa or other colonized contexts. Furthermore, new technology allows for new practices. The aim of this volume is thus to get together as many alternative views as possible on the notion of translation to explore and illustrate the breadth of the notion of translation. Authors are invited to submit papers that present theoretical work or data from their fields that illustrate the unique use of the term ‘translation’. They are furthermore invited to reflect on this uniqueness and to compare the use of ‘translation’ in their field/context with its use in other fields/contexts. To fit into the category of ‘handbook’, potential authors should consider the following: · Provide a substantial review of the main ideas and debates in the subject through a review of the literature, outlining the historical development of ideas in the field. · Assess the main methodologies/paradigms in the field today, outline the main questions which the subject has sought or seeks to address, describe the current research agendas, analyze how the subject does or does not draw on related disciplines (or practices/professions if appropriate), and how it has or can explore key concerns (ethical, epistemological, etc.). · Outline the likely future of the field, possible developments and new research directions. · Limit chapters to 8000 words. I suggest this volume be structured in a number of sections: · Alternative fields of study, such as o Mathematics o Physics o Biology o Medicine o Computer science o Architecture o Engineering o Sport o Agriculture o Law o Development studies o Management o Economics/business o Theology · Alternative practices, such as o Animal-animal communication o Animal-human communication § Animal psychology § Human psychology § Animal welfare § Guide animals, rescue animals, police animals, etc. · Alternative technology, such as o Computer translation o Multimodality/intermediality o Interart · Alternative spaces, such as o Rural areas o Extreme climates o Inner cities · Alternative times, such as o Precolonial times o The Anthropocene o Post-apocalyptic times · Alternative people, such o Non-professionals o People with neurological, psychiatric or psychological disabilities § Autism spectrum o Subcultures o Cultures or languages that have had no exposure in the translation studies literature   Time-line 1 April 2019 – Call for papers 1 September 2019 – Submission of abstracts 1 |December 2019 – Authors notified of review process 1 June 2020 – First drafts submitted and peer review starts 1 September 2020 – Reworking of drafts starts 1 November 2020 – Final drafts submitted 1 March 2021 – Final manuscript submitted to publisher For enquiries or to submit abstracts, e-mail Kobus Marais at jmarais@ufs.ac.za

Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies, UK and Ireland 2nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE Newcastle University, 23–24 November 2019 APTIS 2019 - ‘Inside the Academy/Outside the Academy’ As the UK and Ireland’s Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies, our ambition is to improve the quality of learning and teaching as well as research on translation and interpreting programmes at HE institutions. To achieve this ambition, we encourage scholarly research ‘inside the Academy’ while supporting current and future professionals ‘outside the Academy’ by providing a forum where academics, professional organisations and stakeholders can exchange best practice – across and beyond the Academy. Following the success of our 1st Annual Conference in Aston University in November 2018, our 2nd Annual Conference will act as a platform from which to enable translator and interpreter trainers, professionals and academics alike, to exchange ideas about the interaction and, sometimes, the tension between the academy and the world beyond (23-24 November 2019, Newcastle University). We would therefore like to invite proposals for papers, panels and hands-on workshops that look at the ways in which teaching and learning connects, or indeed, might connect, structures and concerns within the university setting with structures and concerns from outside that setting. Can we go beyond the dichotomy “Inside the Academy/Outside the Academy” in the UK and/or Irish contexts? Particular areas of interest include: University/industry partnerships in training (e.g. industry trainers working with the Academy, or visits by academics to industry players to learn more about them); Industry-inspired teaching in the classroom (e.g. how elements from the ‘outside’ feed into university teaching by helping create, for instance, simulated or life-like environments); Relationships between university programmes (or lecturers or students) and the local language communities surrounding the university; The potential impact of current ‘outside’ societal issues (which may include current debates on racism, sexism, (in)equality, etc.) on pedagogical approaches ‘inside’ the translation/interpreting classroom; The transition from university programmes into careers (academic or non-academic) and how we support them before, during and after; The transition back to university for students who spent time working in T&I outside the academy (free-lance experience, Year Abroad internship etc.); Work placements or internship programmes as part of study; Issues with recruiting etc. This conference is open to non-UK/Irish academics and proposals on general translator and interpreter training practices are welcome too. However, the main focus of the conference remains TIS teaching and training in the UK and Ireland; the scientific committee will take this into consideration when reviewing proposals. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Don Kiraly, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Prof. Cecilia Wadensjö, Stockholm University Proposals: APTIS invites proposals for 20-minute papers, 20-minute hands-on workshops and 2-hour panels for its 2nd Annual Conference. Proposals should be submitted via EasyChair. You should follow this link, create an account attach a document with the following information: INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Title, author’s name and affiliation, email address, abstract (300 words max.), 5 keywords, author biodata (100 words max.), audio-visual requirements. PANEL PROPOSALS: Title of the panel, name of panel coordinator, e-mail and affiliation, and summary of panel. Title of all individual papers, name, e-mail and affiliation of all the members on the panel, summary (300 words max.), each author’s biodata (100 words max.) and audio-visual requirements. HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS: Title, presenter’s name and affiliation, email address, abstract (400-500 words approximately, including whether any previous working knowledge or experience is expected from participants in advance, if and when applicable), 5 keywords, presenter’s biodata (100 words max.), audiovisual and software requirements. Deadline: The deadline for sending proposals is 31 May 2019 Further Information: For more information about APTIS’s 2nd Annual Conference, please email the organisers on aptis2019@newcastle.ac.uk or check our website for regular updates: https://www.aptis-translation-interpreting.org/ For more information on how an Irish or UK University can JOIN APTIS (annual institutional membership fee for Universities is currently set at £155 per annum) please contact directly: APTIS President Dr JC Penet (jc.penet@newcastle.ac.uk) or APTIS Secretary Dr Anne Stokes (anne.stokes@stir.ac.uk).

An international conference hosted by theCentre for Translation and the Translation Programme,Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong In collaboration with theGenealogies of Knowledge Project, University of Manchester, UK 7-9 April 2020 http://genealogiesofknowledge.net/events/gokconf2020/   Genealogies of Knowledge II: Evolving Transnational, Transdisciplinary and Translational Epistemologies will be the concluding event of the AHRC-funded Genealogies of Knowledge Project. The event, to be held in April 2020, will be hosted by the Centre for Translation at Hong Kong Baptist University in collaboration with the Genealogies of Knowledge Project at Manchester’s Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies. The Second Call for Papers for the Genealogies of Knowledge II Conference, which features an exciting line-up of plenary speakers, is available below. Please note the extended deadlines for the submission of individual presentation and panel proposals. Conference Theme This conference builds on and extends the theme of Genealogies of Knowledge I, which was held in Manchester in December 2017 and focused on the role of translation in the production and circulation of political, scientific and other key concepts in social life across time and space. Hosted by the Centre for Translation, Hong Kong Baptist University, Genealogies of Knowledge II will continue to explore how (re)translation, rewriting and other forms of mediation participate in the production and contestation of knowledge and how they renegotiate and/or transform the meaning of key concepts and values at specific historical junctures. This concluding event of the Genealogies of Knowledge project will further seek to widen the platform for enquiry into processes of knowledge construction and circulation by examining how criteria for the recognition and validation of ideas, sources of knowledge, theories and research methods have shifted across cultural spaces, within and across disciplines, and the contribution of translation to effecting such shifts. This event will provide a forum for engaging with questions that address relevant aspects of the emergence of translational, transnational and transdisciplinary epistemologies in various temporal and spatial locations.   Submission of Abstracts for Individual Presentations Abstracts of 300-500 words should be sent by 30 April 2019 to Mona Baker (Mona.Baker@manchester.ac.uk), Luis Pérez-González (Luis.Perez-gonzalez@manchester.ac.uk) and Stephen Todd (Stephen.Todd@manchester.ac.uk). Notification of acceptance will be given by 30 June 2019.   Submission of Panel Proposals Panel proposals should be submitted by 31 May 2019 to Mona Baker (Mona.Baker@manchester.ac.uk), Luis Pérez-González (Luis.Perez-gonzalez@manchester.ac.uk) and Stephen Todd (Stephen.Todd@manchester.ac.uk). Panel proposals should consist of: · proposed title of panel · a short outline of the panel/theme (150-200 words) · name, affiliation and brief resumé of the panel convener · list of presenters (if known) Panels should consist of 3 papers of 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion each. Multiple panels on the same theme will also be considered. Notification of acceptance will be given by 30 June 2019.   Important Dates · Deadline for Submission of Abstracts for Individual Presentations: 30 April 2019 · Deadline for Submission of Panel Proposals: 31 May 2019 · Notification of acceptance for Individual Presentations: 30 June 2019 · Notification of acceptance for Panel Proposals: 30 June 2019  

Worldmaking on Stage and the Work of Theatre Translation Beyond the Stage30th July 2019, King’s College London Call for Presenters Following the success of Worldmaking on Stage: Theatre Translation Research as Practice held as part of the 2018 Out of the Wings Festival, Out of the Wings is once again coming together with Language Acts and Worldmaking and Translation Studies@Goldsmiths, University of London to offer a one-day discussion forum aimed at practitioners and researchers.Taking place on the opening day of the Out of the Wings Festival, 30 July - 3rd August 2019, the forum sets the scene for a week of play readings from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain, presented in English translation every evening at Omnibus Theatre. At the forum, we will bring together practitioners and researchers - actors, directors, producers, literary managers, commissioning editors, dramaturges, writers, translators, research students, theatre translation trainers, theatre translation lecturers, and academics - to engage with ideas on staging, teaching, and researching translated theatre. We will explore questions about the work of theatre translation beyond the stage. How can theatre translation techniques be used productively in other sectors? How do we teach creativity to theatre translation trainees and students? Are there approaches to translating for the stage that can be transferred across disciplines?Animated by these questions, panels of presenters will focus on broad themes of creativity in theatre translation practice and translation pedagogy. Informal networking sessions will support interaction between participants and presenters and encourage new partnerships. We invite short proposals for ten-minute provocations engaging with any of the following topic areas: ● Opportunities for sharing theatre translation practice across sectors e.g. therapeutic interventions and therapeutic practice● Creating spaces for sharing translations in the form of readings and performances● Setting up fruitful collaborations● Ways of working inside and outside of universities to reach a range of audiences● Challenges and opportunities for creative translation in university programmes Please send both your proposal (200 words) and a brief bio (100 words) by email to: Dr Sophie Stevens, Language Acts and Worldmaking (sophie.stevens@kcl.ac.uk) and Dr Sarah Maitland, Translation Studies@Goldsmiths, University of London (s.maitland@gold.ac.uk). The deadline for receipt of proposals is Thursday 18 April 2019 at 17.00 UK time.

Fifth International Conference on Non-ProfessionalInterpreting and TranslationDepartment of Communication ScienceUniversity of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsJune 24 - June 26, 2020 NPIT5 provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners within the field of interpreting and translation studies to share recent and relevant work within this discipline and related to the activities of nonprofessional and translators. It builds on discussions initiated at the first four international conferences on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation held in Bologna/Forli (2012), Mainz/ Germersheim (2014), Zurich (2016), and Stellenbosch (2018). Theme: Bridging diverse worlds: expanding roles and contexts of non-professional interpreters and translators Keynote speakers Prof. Anthony Pym (Australia/Spain) Dr. Sarah Crafter (United Kingdom) Prof. Yvan Leanza (Canada) Call for papersDue to increased globalization and migration waves, the research field of nonprofessional interpreting and translation studies has gained in prominence and acknowledgement in recent years. Nonetheless, to receive the recognition itdeserves within the field of interpreting and translation studies, the critical and expanding role of non-professional interpreters and translators within increasingly complex and diverse contexts, needs continued attention from academia and practice. Pushing definitional and theoretical boundaries of interpreting and translation, it is a dynamic and still under-researched field that does not necessarily conforms to norms guiding professional multilingual communicative practices, though in many settings and contexts non-professional interpreting and translation is, in fact, more common in bridging diverse cultural and linguistic worlds, than professional interpreting and translation.By bringing together researchers from various disciplines and practitioners from diverse settings, NPIT5 aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners within this field to share and discuss recent and relevant work within this discipline and related to the activities of non-professional interpreters and translators.Furthermore, this forum serves to expand the theoretical, methodological, ethical and disciplinary approaches related to this form of linguistic and cultural mediation. It builds on discussions initiated at the first four international  conferences on Non- Professional Interpreting and Translation held in Bologna/Forlì(2012), Mainz/Germersheim (2014), Zurich (2016), and Stellenbosch (2018).The Fifth International Conference on Non-Professional Interpreting and Translation (NPIT5) Organizing Committee invites proposals for presentations on any theoretical, empirical, ethical and/or methodological aspect of research related to the general theme of the conference. For all proposals the official conference language will be English. Three categories of proposals will be considered: (i) individual presentations, (ii) panels, and (iii) posters. Topics may include, but are not limited to:• Ad hoc translation/interpreting• Adult/child language and cultural brokering• Community translation and interpreting• Family interpreting• Machine translation/multilingual tools/online communication and information technologies• Natural/native translation/interpreting• Non-professional church/religious interpreting and/or translation• Non-professional media interpreting and/or translation (fansubbing, fandubbing, fanfiction, news, talk-shows, the web, etc.)• Non-professional sign language interpreting• Stakeholder perspectives on non-professional interpreters and translators• Training of non-professional interpreters and translators• Non-professional interpreting and/or translation in the field of war/conflicts, NGOs, asylum seeking, health care, community and social care, legal and police Submissions for individual presentations and panels have to be send to npit5conference@outlook.com Submission dates and deadlinesDeadline submission individual presentations/panels/posters: 15 September 2019Author notification: 1 December 2019Deadline author registration: 1 April 2020 Conference website: www.npit5.com

Univeristy of Nottingham - 5 July 2019   Automated translation services such as Google Translate have become widely available at no cost. Due to their ease of access and improving quality, they have become a tool that enables access to expression of ideas that may otherwise remain closed to readers who are not conversant in the language they are written in. Given the technology’s capacity, to some it may be a shortcut to circumvent language acquisition, while to others it may be a facilitator to learning. For universities, in particular with growing internationalisation, one important question is what role translation technology may play in Higher Education, for instance in research activities or in the production of assessed work. Equally, for secondary education it could play a role in the interaction between pupils whose first language is not English and teachers or in the engagement of students with the learning materials. In that light, this event is of relevance to students, teachers, assessors, policy makers, ethics officers in secondary and tertiary education. This conference is hosted by the Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies. We are accepting proposals for individual presentations, panels and workshops that address the role of automated translation technology in education. We aim to include a range of topics, possibly from, but not limited to the following areas of translation technology: language acquisition independent language learning academic literacies translator training interpreter training in the classroom assessed work user/student perspective as a tool in research activities related ethical concerns For individual papers, each contribution will consist of a 20-minute presentation and a 10-minute Q&A session. Proposals should include: TitleAbstract of up to 300 wordsSpeaker bio of up to 50 words for each speaker Panels/workshops will be 90 minutes in length. Proposals should include: Title Abstract of up to 300 words Organisers: names and affiliations of moderator and participants (if known) Proposed format, including a draft schedule and summary of how the session would run/engage with the audience Participant information: expected number of and information about participants, if known Special requests or needs for equipment Submission deadline: 31 March 2019 Please submit your proposals to: klaus.mundt@nottingham.ac.uk

Institute of Translation Studies Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic in co-operation with Directorate General for Translation of European Commission (DGT) is pleased to invite you to the international conference L2 Translation: Getting Out of the Grey Zone Prague, 20–21 September 2019 Despite being a common practice in most parts of the world, L2 translation (also referred to as non-native translation or inverse translation) remains a relatively under-explored area. Existing research suggests that L2 translation, and directionality in general, is a complex issue, with key factors including the text type, the client’s expectations and, perhaps most importantly, the translator’s individual skills. At the same time, however, many questions related to L2 translation as a process, product, service and object of training are yet to be answered. Our intention is to create an arena for multiple voices to help further demystify L2 translation by presenting research-based facts, sharing practical experience, and asking relevant questions. Therefore, this two-day conference aims to bring together translation scholars, researchers, trainers and representatives of the translation industry to discuss, through papers and a panel discussion, the current status, future opportunities and challenges related to L2 translation. Keynote speakers: Nataša Pavlović (University of Zagreb) Catherine Way (University of Granada) We invite papers relevant to the conference theme, on topics including but not limited to: qualitative aspects of L2 translationsociological aspects of L2 translationL2 translation competenceL2 translation and corporaL2 translation and MT & CATL2 translation in the legal contextmethodology of L2 translation researchpedagogical aspects of L2 translationrevision of L2 translation Abstracts of 300–400 words (+ references) for 20-minute papers should be submitted via email to: l2translation@ff.cuni.cz; please submit along with a short biographical note by 30 April 2019. Notification of acceptance by 31 May 2019. The conference language is English. The conference fee of EUR 50 / CZK 1300 covers conference materials, refreshments, lunches and a conference dinner.  

For the purposes of this special issue, the term ‘language of low diffusion’ is understood to include not only vulnerable or endangered languages but also those, usually but not necessarily small in the number of native speakers, that are rarely learned by non-native speakers. On the other hand, ‘low-resource languages’ are those that, regardless of their diffusion, have scarce resources for the development of language technology. The two conditions, overlapping or otherwise, create many specific challenges when it comes to translation and interpreting training. In settings involving a language of low diffusion, people have traditionally invested considerable effort in learning foreign languages and translation has played a crucial role in cultural, social, technological and economic growth. Such cultures, in which translation remains a necessity when communicating with the world, are therefore ‘translation cultures par excellence’ (Cronin 2003). In such settings, a large amount of translation and interpreting for international purposes is done into the translator’s foreign language (L2 or B language), most frequently, but not exclusively, English. This makes L2 translation – and translation directionality in general – a burning issue for research and training, despite its apparently controversial status. Another issue is indirect translation between low-diffusion languages, that is, translation that is done via a third, usually major, language. Although often stigmatized, it is far from rare in practice and deserves further research and new training approaches. The role of translation and localization with regard to vulnerable and endangered languages is equally under-researched. Regardless of its motivation, localization may prove helpful in preserving an endangered language by allowing it to enter into electronic communication (Pym 2010: 137). The availability of resources necessary for the development of language technology may play an important role in determining on which side of the digital divide the speakers of a language end up. Many translator training programmes in low-diffusion and low-resource settings are still inadequately equipped to benefit from translation technology or tackle the challenges new technologies bring forth. In this special issue we want to bring to the fore these and other translation-related issues resulting from the imbalance in the status and prestige of languages that need to be addressed by translation trainers, translation researchers and technology providers. We are particularly interested in the way in which they impact on the future of translator (and interpreter) research-informed education. Themes that may be addressed include (but are not restricted to) the following: Translator and/or interpreter training for languages of low diffusion; Training for bidirectional translation and other kinds of versatility required in small translation markets; Transfer of research findings regarding the impact of translation direction on the translation process and product into translator and/or interpreter training; Incorporating insights from other disciplines (e.g. bilingualism research, intercultural studies, SLA studies) to prepare future translators to cope with the asymmetrical language proficiency in their working languages; Training for translation and/or localization as a tool for revitalization of endangered languages; Indirect translation in practice and in training; Curriculum and syllabus design for the future: good practices in training and research collaboration among translation scholars/trainers, computational linguists and IT experts in low-resource settings. General guidelines We invite original, up-to-date, research-based contributions that do not exceed 8000 words (tables, captions, references, footnotes and endnotes included) and that reach out to an international readership. Although there is room for exploratory research, contributions that report on completed research will be given priority. All papers will be subject to double-blind peer review. The focus of all submissions should be in line with the ITT aims and scope: www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=ritt20   For more information, visit https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1750399X.2019.1572991 

We are proud to announce Rethinking (Self)Translation in (Trans)national Contexts, a one-day conference aimed at PhD students and early career scholars. The conference aims to create an interdisciplinary space of discussion and analysis of the concept of (self-)translation and its political, sociological and ideological power. Locating translation at the heart of events and discourses that characterise contemporary society, we aim to understand what role and function translation plays in a (trans)national world. That is, how it contributes to shaping (trans)national discourses, and transcending political, linguistic, cultural and geographical borders. We intend to explore the activist potential of translation from different disciplines and in distinct fields, through multiple channels and in various contexts. In light of this, we welcome abstracts of 250 words in, but not limited to: • Literature• Translation and Interpreting• Cultural studies• Media and Film studies• Gender studies• History• Social Studies Please note that translation is considered in a broad sense. It refers to interlingual, but also to intermedial and intercultural processes. Key leading questions include:- How can translation reshape ideas of global and local?- How does translation defy categorizations and dichotomies?- What is the role played by translation in creating spaces of dialogue and negotiation?- Can translation be considered and used as an activist tool?- How does translation reshape discourses which are socially, linguistically, geographically and ideologically embedded? Please send your abstracts to: rethinkingselftranslation@gmail.comThe deadline for the submission abstracts is 31st March 2019The conference is supported by artsmethods@manchester

Call for PapersNORMATIVITY AND RESILIENCEin Translation and Culture27 – 29 May 2019Norms can be broadly defined as some kind of protection from change, a prescribed standard whose violationinvolves distortion and deformation, a transformation into something which the normal thing is not. Thoughderived from carpentry, the art of construction of rigid objects (norma is the Latin word for carpenter's square),normativity has become a measure of things more evanescent than furniture – of ethical, social, aesthetic orpolitical judgements, of certain cultural norms which may seem to be universal only given that they survive thetest of being transferred, or translated, to other cultures. If, as Yuri Lotman noted in his Universe of the Mind(1990), “the elementary act of thinking is translation” (143), then translation can be viewed as a crucial activityinvolved in the formation of cultures along with their concepts, conceptualizations and norms. However, sincetranslation, as a kind of dialogue, is inevitably asymmetrical and assumes only “a degree invariancy” (143), thisdegree seems to be an effect of culture’s resilience to the inadequacy and change involved in any kind oftranslation. Paradoxically, it is the change, the rupturing of the norm in and through translation which is aconstitutive element of normativity. This “rupturing of the norm,” wrote Lotman, “is what builds up the image ofthe truly essential but unrealized norm” (90). Thus normativity is both a matter of representation and somethingwhich may be called a feature of the world, the latter possibility figuring as an unrealizable effect of broadlyunderstood translation which simultaneously protects and disrupts it. Looking at the ideas of norm andnormativity in culture in the context of translation we would like to think about various locations of what may becalled normative ‘ought’ statements, sometimes implicitly dictating our choices of words and ideas; the quietdemands of discourse to retain norms despite various perturbations. The ‘ought’ statements of normativity, ofretaining the norm, seem to be an important aspect of management of resistance whose significant function is,as Judith Butler claims in Vulnerability in Resistance, concealment of destitution (8). The ‘ought’ of resilience hasbecome not only the desired good of neoliberalism, but also, as she puts it, “a force to be reckoned within therealm of hegemonic ethics of and truths about the self” (53). One of the tasks of the conference is to attempt, atleast provisionally, to locate the whereabouts of such ‘ought’ statements, the teachings of imaginary securityand certainty consisting in the ability of jumping into prior shape.We invite papers and presentations approaching the issues of translation, normativity and resilience frompossibly broadest theoretical and methodological perspectives such as Translation Studies, Linguistics, LiteraryCriticism, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Feminist and Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Philosophy, Sociology,History of Ideas, Colonial and Postcolonial Studies ..., realizing that a strictly single-disciplinary approach isnowadays hardly thinkable. We suggest the following, broad, thematic suggestions as a map showing a feworientation points of the conference:resilience as adaptationnorm and naturenormativity and originalitynormativity and creativitynormalcy and creativitynormative translationnormativity and ethicsnorm and its otherslanguage of the normnormativity and meaninglimits of normativitynormal / acceptedrules / norms / idiosyncrasyrules / norms / transgressionsadherence / infringement / violationresilience / conformityresilience / immunityresilience vs. resistancenormative modificationresilience and standardizationresilience and empowermentresilience and retaliationnorm as dominationresilience and changeprescriptive vs. normativenormality and monstrosityresilience and adaptabilityresilience and plasticityresilience as vulnerabilityuncertainty and normcontrol and resiliencetranslation and adaptationtranslation and changecultures in translationresilience as recoverynormativity, resilience, survivalKeynote speakers:Professor Tomasz Basiuk, University of WarsawProfessor Luise von Flotow, University of OttawaProfessor Xuanmin Luo, Guangxi University and Tsinghua UniversityProfessor David Malcolm, SWPS University of Social Sciences and HumanitiesProposals for 20-minute papers (ca 250 words) should be sent to normativity@swps.edu.pl by 10 March 2019.We also encourage panel proposals comprised of 3 to 4 papers, and an additional 100-150 words explaininghow they are interlinked in addressing the panel theme.Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 March 2019.The deadline for registration and payment of the conference fee: 15 April 2019.Participants will be invited to submit extended versions of their presentations to be published in an editedvolume.The conference fee is 590 PLN | 140 EUR | 160 USD for all participants.Conference website: www.swps.edu.pl/normativityConference organizers:Dr. Agnieszka PantuchowiczDr. Anna WarsoDr. Emma OkiDr. Paulina GrzędaKatarzyna BagniewskaPiotr Kosiński