LINGUIST List 22.2128 Thu May 19 2011 Calls: Translation, Sociolinguistics/Australia Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Ping Chen , Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication Message 1: Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication Date: 18-May-2011 From: Ping Chen <p.chenuq.edu.au> Subject: Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication Short Title: TCCC Date: 01-Dec-2011 - 02-Dec-2011 Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Contact Person: Leong Ko Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.slccs.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=156662 Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics; Translation Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2011 Meeting Description: The conference will address both translation/interpreting and cross-cultural communication studies in general and between English and Chinese in particular. The subject areas covered by the conference include: - Theories of translation/interpreting - Multidisciplinary approaches to translation/interpreting - Translation and interpreting: history and traditions in China and other countries - Translation and interpreting: role in the modernization of Chinese society - Translation and interpreting in the context of globalisation - Linguistic analysis and translation - Technologies in translation/interpreting - Corpora in translation studies - Translationese and language development - Translation/interpreting for special purposes (e.g. science, engineering, technology, business, law, government and tourism) - Literary translation - Translator/interpreter training and pedagogies - Cross-cultural communication Call for Papers: Please submit a 200-300 word abstract in either English or Chinese to: Dr Leong Ko at l.kouq.edu.au by 31 July 2011. Abstracts should also include: Title of Paper, Family Name(s), First Name(s), Institutional Affiliation, Current Position, email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Selected papers from the conference will be peer reviewed and published in two book-length volumes - one in English and the other in Chinese. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-May-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.