The conference theme encompasses the following areas:

• The role of translation in the dialogue of civilizations: clash or harmony
• Translation and cultural diversity/plurality, pros and cons
• The translator and the flood of electronic data and terminology:  How to keep pace with and translate adequately.
• The role of the translator in post-colonialism and globalization : Attitudes/ Positions towards manifestations of the   other’s failure to digest  the local culture
• Translation theory:
  • Have the Arabs succeeded yet in formulating a translation theory?
  • The reality of the teaching of translation and Arabicization in  the related Arab institutions (Universities, Arabic Academies and Translation Coordination Offices)
• Prominent figures in translation and their contributions
  • Salma Al-Jayyusi and her academic project PROTA
  • Kulthum Odeh and her role in translating Russian literatures
  • Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and his role in translating English and Arabic literatures
  • Khairy Hammad and his contributions in the field of  translation
  • Bandali Jose and his contributions in the field of  translation

- Papers should not exceed 5000 words (including margins and references).

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- Abstracts should not exceed 150 words.

- Participants are requested to submit a biodata.

-Languages in the conference are Arabic, English.

- The closing date for submission of abstracts is 15 April ,2012 and the organizing committee will reply to participants no later than 1 May, 2012.

- The closing date for submission of papers is 30 June, 2012 and replies from the committee will be sent by 10 July, 2012.

Abstracts and papers should be sent to: trans@najah.edu

For details, visit the university website: http://www.najah.edu

For any further queries,  please contact Dr fayez aqeL at: Email : faqel@najah.edu

Cell phone: +970599168161

Venue: Old Campus of An-Najah National University, Nablus -Palestine