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About the summer school: The 2026 Translation Research Summer School, scheduled for 6-11 July 2026, will consist of five taught modules:Module 1 | Theoretical ApproachesModule 2 | Research Methods in Translation StudiesModule 3 | Research Design and DynamicsModule 4 | Featured Theme: Translation and Technology: Contemporary and Historical PerspectivesModule 5 | Academic Career DevelopmentEach taught module encompasses three contact hours and six hours of guided reading. During the School, participants attend two interactive 90-minute sessions (from the same or different modules) every day.The School also hosts several group tutorials, offering participants further opportunities to engage in more depth with a wide range of topics and discuss their own research with tutors and their peers. Each participant will have the opportunity to select and attend three group tutorials during the School.On the final day, participants (in pathway 1) will present their work to fellow students and staff and receive oral feedback. The submission of written work after the summer is required to be awarded a completion certificate.Key dates:22 October 2025: Application period opensMid-March 2026: Early registration period opens1 June 2026: Late registration period opens23 June 2026: Late registration ends For more details: https://ctn.hkbu.edu.hk/research-schools/translation-research-summer-school/translation-research-summer-school-2026.html

A NEW edition of 'In Other Words' has been published.The fourth edition is jointly written by Mona Baker and Henry Jones.The fourth edition builds further on linguistic theory and the literature on ethics to guide trainee translators through key decision-making processes. Each chapter explains core concepts, identifies potential translation challenges and offers a range of strategies for addressing them, supported by authentic examples from various languages and genres.Building on its established foundation, this edition breaks new ground by incorporating contemporary translation challenges across digital platforms, including social media, websites and patient information materials, offering fresh perspectives on translating popular science, tourism content and museum documentation. It provides new insights into recent technological advances and their impact on the profession and includes a section on ethics of care in translation and interpretation practice.This comprehensive guide combines theoretical frameworks with practical examples, making it an essential resource and coursebook for both students and practising translators navigating today's diverse linguistic landscape.For more details: https://www.routledge.com/In-Other-Words-A-Coursebook-on-Translation/Baker-Jones/p/book/9781032569413For extra exercises for teachers and students: https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781032577586/resources.php

The organising committee of the Third International Postgraduate Conference has extended the submission deadline to 16 February.The Third International Postgraduate Conference: Looking Out / Looking In: New Perspectives in Translation and Interpreting, organised by the Centre for Translation and Interpreting (CTI), and supported by The Graduate School at Queen’s University Belfast, on the 4th-5th June 2026.Call for PapersProposals are welcome from researchers, translators, interpreters, and artists working within the discipline of Translation and Interpreting, as well as those whose research will provide valuable alternative perspectives and allow attendees to recontextualise their understanding of the field. The organising committee encourages those with proposals for more non-traditional forms of presenting to apply, including, but not limited to: workshops, performances, posters, readings, and group discussions.Contactqubcti.pgconference2026@qub.ac.uk and qubcti2026@gmail.com.Read more here: https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/cti/TheThirdInternationalPostgraduateConference/#conference-theme-cfp-5278321-1

We are happy to announce that the next IATIS conference will take place in Christchurch, New Zealand, hosted by the University of Canterbury, in 2027. The theme of the conference is “Interculturality and Hospitality in Times of Crisis.” Follow this space for dates and Call for Papers soon.

The IATIS Nominations Committee are pleased to announce the new Executive Council for the next four-year term starting from January 2026:The President: Associate Professor Julie Boéri, University of Manchester, UKCo-Vice President: Associate Professor Phrae Chittiphalangsri, Chulalongkorn University, ThailandCo-Vice-President: Assistant Professor Marija Todorova, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaEleven ordinary Council MembersThe incoming Executive Council stood as unopposed candidates prior to the election and therefore have been endorsed by the outgoing members of the Executive Council.The ex officio positions continue to be held by the following IATIS members:Chair of Executive Council: Dr Cristina Marinetti, Cardiff University, UKSecretary/Treasurer: Dr Henry Jones, University of Manchester, UKChair of International Conferences Committee: Assistant Professor Kyung-hye Kim, Dongguk University, South KoreaChair of Membership Committee: Dr Joseph Lambert, Cardiff University, UK Chair of Nominations Committee: Dr Jooyin Saejang, Mahidol University, ThailandChair of Publications Committee: Associate Professor Duncan Poupard, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaChair of Regional Workshops and Training Committee: Dr Khaled Al-Shehari, Qatar University, QatarThe ex officio position newly appointed is:Chair of Social Media and Outreach Committee: Assistant Professor Bandar Altalidi, King Khalid University, Saudi ArabiaEleven ordinary Council Members include (in alphabetical order): Professor Morven Beaton-Thome, University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, GermanyAssistant Professor Deborah Giustini, Hamad bin Khalifa University, QatarProfessor Sue-Ann Harding, Queen’s University Belfast, UKProfessor Youngmin Kim, Dongguk University, South KoreaAssociate Professor Maialen Marin-Lacarta, Autonomous University of Barcelona, SpainProfessor Loredana Polezzi, Stony Book University, USADr Gabriela Saldanha, University of Oslo, NorwayProfessor Rafael Schögler, Université de Sherbrooke, CanadaAssociate Professor Stefania Taviano University of Messina, ItalyProfessor Martin Ward, University of Leeds, UKProfessor Patrick Zabalbeascoa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, SpainThe new Council has a worldwide reputation and represents significant voices of research, industry practices, and boundary-breaking commitments in the realm of translation, interpreting, and intercultural studies. The new Executive Council will be officially introduced at the 8th IATIS International Conference: Sustainable Translation in the Age of Knowledge Extraction, Generation, and (Re)Creation to take place in Oman from 10 -13 December 2025.30 November 2025IATIS Nominations Committee

CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO HOST THE 9th IATIS CONFERENCE (2027) The International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) has held 7 conferences so far: Seoul in 2001, Cape Town in 2006, Melbourne in 2009, Belfast in 2012, Belo Horizonte in 2015, Hong Kong in 2018, Barcelona 2021, and Oman in 2025. The organisation of the 8th IATIS Conference, to be held in Oman in December 2025, is now well underway, and already we are turning our attention to the 9th IATIS Conference, which is to be held in 2027. IATIS would thus like to invite those interested to prepare proposals to host the 2027 Conference following these guidelines.  Proposals to host the 2027 conference should be emailed to Dr Kyung Hye KIM, Chair of the IATIS Conference Committee, at kyunghye.kim@dgu.ac.kr to arrive no later than March 31st, 2025. Please put “IATIS 2027 Proposal” in the subject line. The IATIS Executive hopes to announce the venue for the 2027 IATIS Conference in Oman in December 2025. Details of previous conferences are available here  

This innovative collection explores the points of contact between translation practice and ecological culture by focusing on the relationship between ecology and translation. The volume’s point of departure is the idea that translations, like all human activities, have a relational basis. Since they depend on places and communities to which they are addressed as well as on the cultural environment which made them possible, they should be understood as situated cultural practices, governed by a particular political ecology. Through the analysis of phenomena that relate translation and ecological culture (such as the development of ecofeminism; the translation of texts on nature; translation in postcolonial contexts; the role of dialect and minority languages in literary translation and institutional language policies and the translation of texts on migration) the book offers interpretive models that contribute to the development of eco-translation. Th volume showcases a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to an emerging disciplinary field which has gained prominence at the start of the 21st century, and places special emphasis on the perspective of gender and linguistic diversity across a wide range of languages. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies, linguistics, communication, cultural studies, and environmental humanities. For more information, click here.

Accessible communication comprises all measures employed to reduce communication barriers in various situations and fields of activity. Disabilities, illnesses, different educational opportunities and/or major life events can result in vastly different requirements in terms of how texts or messages must be prepared in order to meet the individual needs and access conditions of the recipients of accessible communication. This handbook examines and critically reflects accessible communication in its interdisciplinary breadth. Current findings, proposed solutions and research desiderata are juxtaposed with reports from practitioners and users, who provide insights into how they deal with accessible communication and highlight current and future requirements and problems. For more information, click here.

Editors Adolfo M. García | Universidad de San Andrés / University of California / Universidad de Santiago de Chile Edinson Muñoz | Universidad de Santiago de Chile Néstor Singer | Universidad de Santiago de Chile For more information, click here.

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The programme for the Translab4: Translation and Labour-symposium has been announced. The symposium is organized by Alexa Alfer and Cornelia Zwischenberger and will be held at the University of Westminster, London, UK, on July, 6-7. Interested participants are kindly asked to register until 23 June 2023. Further information: https://transcultcom.univie.ac.at/translab4/

This is the first handbook to focus on translation theory, based on an innovative and expanded definition of translation and on the newest perspectives in the field of Translation Studies. With an introductory overview explaining the rationale, a part on foundational issues and three further parts on object translation, representamen translation and interpretant translation, the handbook provides a critical overview of conceptual approaches to translation which can contribute to our understanding of translational phenomena in the broadest sense. Authored by leading international figures, the handbook covers a wide range of theories and approaches from ecological and biosemiotic approaches to philosophical and cultural approaches, and from computational sciences to anthropology. The Routledge Handbook of Translation Theory and Concepts is both an essential reference guide for advanced students, researchers and scholars in translation and interpreting studies, and it is an enlightening guide to future developments in the field. For more information, click here.