LINGUIST List 23.571 Fri Feb 03 2012 Confs: Translation/Finland Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.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.     Irmeli Helin , MultiMeDialecTrans2012 Message 1: MultiMeDialecTrans2012 Date: 02-Feb-2012 From: Irmeli Helin <irmhelutu.fi> Subject: MultiMeDialecTrans2012 E-mail this message to a friend MultiMeDialecTrans2012 Short Title: MMDT2010 Date: 03-May-2012 - 05-May-2012 Location: Turku, Finland Contact: Irmeli Helin Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://mmdtgroup.net/2011/09/26/call-for-paper-mmdt-turku-2012/ Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics; Translation Meeting Description: MultiMeDialecTranslation - MMDT2012 5th Conference of the Translation of Dialects and Dialects in Multimedia University of Turku (Finland) 3-5 May 2012 The conference is directed at academics from various disciplines as well as translators and students who are interested in the translation of dialects in multimedia contexts. The conference will concentrate on a complex, interdisciplinary subject area involving linguistics, communication studies, film studies and translation studies as well as other areas of cultural studies, sociology and other disciplines. The main topics to be covered at the conference include dubbing, subtitling films in dialect and linguistic varieties; theatre translation; cultural transfer processes in the characteristics of dialects; archaisms, regionalisms, varieties in the continuum between dialect and standard language; diglossia (national language and regional or local language; ‘official’ and ‘non-official’ language); the use of new technologies in the translation of dialect. More information about evening programs and excursions will be provided later on. Keynote Speakers: Prof. Kaisa Häkkinen, University of Turku, Finland Prof. Camilla Wide, University of Turku, Finland Prof. Silvija Borovnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia Prof. Giovanni Nadiani, University of Bologna, Forlì, Italy Registration: irmhelutu.fi Conference fee: Euros 60,00, students Euros 30,00 Programme Thursday 3 May 2012 11.30 - 12.00 Registration, Signum, University of Turku, Koskenniemenkatu 4 12.15 - 13.00 Welcome by Organizers (Scientific Team) and representatives of the University 13.15 - 14.15 Plenary presentation, Professor Kaisa Häkkinen, University of Turku, School of Languages and Translation Studies 14.15 - 14.45 Coffee 14.45 - 17.30 Parallel sessions 18.00 Evening programme Friday 4 May 2012 9.15 - 10.15 Plenary presentation, Professor Camilla Wide, University of Turku, School of Languages and Translation Studies 10.15 - 10.45 Coffee 10.45 - 12.30 Parallel sessions 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch 13.30 - 15.00 Parallel sessions 15.00 - 15.30 Coffee 15.30 - 16.30 Plenary presentation, Professor Giovanni Nadiani, University of Bologna, Forlì 16.45 Sightseeing in Turku or excursion to the archipelago by boat Saturday 5 May 2012 9.15 - 10.15 Plenary presentation, Professor Silvija Borovnik, University of Maribor, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures 10.15 - 10.30 Coffee 10.30 - 12.30 Parallel sessions 12.30 - 13.30 Closing session: Panel discussion 'Further development of MMDT' (Scientific Team + invited participants) and invitation to the symposium of the year 2014 (University of Budapest 2014). Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 03-Feb-2012       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.