Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is happy to offer the opportunity to participate in a "Metaphor in Engineering Workshop", including the translation of metaphor, to take place in London in July 2014. Participants should have proven research experience in metaphor studies and be willing to contribute their expertise in the workshop. 

Job opening: Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies (Preference Chinese, German or Spanish)

University of Portsmouth -School of Languages & Area Studies, Portsmouth, UK

Reference: 10007971; Employment type:  Open-ended; Employment basis:  Full-time; Salary:  £36,298 - £44,607;

Closing date:  26 April 2013; Interview date: 20 May 2013

We are happy to announce the PhD-Course in Translation Process Research (TPR) to take place at the Center for Research and Innovation in Translation and Translation Technology (CRITT) at Copenhagen Business School from August 5 to 8, 2013.

Following the TPR summer school, on August 9 and 10, 2013, there will be an International Workshop on Speech and Gaze in Translation.

Available from 1 September 2013

Closing Date: 24 April 2013

Redeployment Closing Date: 10 April 2013.

We have introduced the title of Associate Professor for our grade 9 academic staff, which is equivalent to Senior Lecturer.

Citizen Media: New Mediations of Civic Engagement

A two-day colloqium organised by the Division of Languages and Intercultural Studies School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester

13-14 June 2013, Manchester Conference Centre

http://citizenmediacolloquium.wordpress.com

Translation Technologies Summer School
(TransTech13)

Rijeka, Croatia, 1-8 September 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS

International Conference
Interpreter-mediated interactions: Methodologies and models - A tribute to Miriam Shlesinger
LUSPIO, 7-9 November 2013

LARIM (Laboratorio di Ricerca sulle Interazioni Mediate dall'Interprete) is a research group on interpreter-mediated interactions set up in October 2012 within the Faculty of Interpreting and Translation (FIT), LUSPIO University in Rome. The main focus of the research group is to promote descriptive studies based on fieldwork and authentic empirical data, with a scientifically sound theoretical and methodological basis.

CIUTI Professional Development Course: Enhancing Skills for Teachers of Translation and Interpreting will be held at London Metropolitan University in July 2013.

For more information about the course please visit our page for short professional courses: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/fssh/courses/shortcourses/home.cfm