LINGUIST List 22.2824 Sun Jul 10 2011 Calls: Translation, Applied Linguistics/Spain 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.     Patricia Rodríguez-Inés , Research into the Didactics of Translation Message 1: Research into the Didactics of Translation Date: 09-Jul-2011 From: Patricia Rodríguez-Inés <patricia.rodriguezuab.es> Subject: Research into the Didactics of Translation E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Research into the Didactics of Translation Short Title: didTRAD2012 Date: 21-Jun-2012 - 22-Jun-2012 Location: Barcelona, Spain Contact Person: PACTE Group Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/pacte/en/content/didtrad-2012 Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Translation Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2011 Meeting Description: Grupo PACTE Departament de Traducció i d’Interpretació Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/pacte/ 1st International Conference on Research into the Didactics of Translation (didTRAD) / VIII International Conference on Translation, Dept of Translation and Interpreting (21-22 June 2012) PACTE (Process of Acquisition of Translation Competence and Evaluation) is organising the 1st International Conference on Research into the Didactics of Translation (didTRAD), which will be held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 21 - 22 June, 2012. This conference, which will be held biannually, aims to provide a forum for researchers in the field of translator training. Keynote Speakers: Dorothy Kelly (Universidad de Granada) Gregory Shreve (Kent State University, Kent, Ohio) Scientific Committee: Marta Arumí (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Georges Bastin (Université de Montreal), Allison Beeby (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Anabel Borja (Universitat Jaume I), Jorge Díaz Cintas (Imperial College), Silvia Gamero (Universitat Jaume I), Isabel García Izquierdo (Universitat Jaume I), Anna Kuznik (Uniwersytet Wroclawski), Dorothy Kelly (Universidad de Granada), Christiane Nord (Universität Magdeburg), Marisa Presas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Gregory Shreve (Kent State University), Cathy Way (Universidad de Granada). Steering Committee: Mònica Fernández-Rodríguez, Amparo Hurtado Albir, Patricia Rodríguez-Inés, Anabel Galán-Mañas, Lupe Romero Ramos. Organising Committee: Luis Castillo, Gisela Massana, Margherita Taffarel. Registration: 1 February - 31 May 2012 Registration fee: 180€ - Reduced rate: 150€ (before March 30, 2012). - Master’s and PhD students FTI/UAB: 25 €. - Teaching staff FTI/UAB: no charge. - Combined Seminar and Conference fee: 475€; reduced rate: 450€ (before March 30, 2012); Master’s and PhD students FTI/UAB: 200 €. Call for Papers: Conference Topics: 1. Teaching translation: introduction to translation; legal translation; scientific-technical translation; literary translation; audiovisual translation; localization; inverse translation, etc. 2. Teaching interpreting: simultaneous interpreting; consecutive interpreting, community interpreting, etc. 3. Teaching technologies for translators and interpreters 4. Teaching language for translators (L1 and L2) 5. Curricular design for translator training: competencies; tutorial; assessment, etc. 6. Final-year projects Conference Presentation Types: - Oral presentations (20 min.) - Electronic presentations, in .ppt or .html format (15 min.) - Posters - Short presentations (Pecha Kucha) (6 min. 40 sec.) - Roundtables (1h.30m.) Languages: Catalan, Spanish, English, German and French Important Dates: - Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 15 December 2011. Further information on the presentation of abstracts will be given in a second circular (September 2011). - Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2012 - Registration: 1 February - 30 March 2012 (reduced rate); 1 April - 31 May 2012 (normal rate) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 10-Jul-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.