[lg policy] call: Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication

[Harold Schiffman]

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.

http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2128.html

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