22.3114, Calls: Discourse Analysis, Forensic Ling, Translation/Hong Kong

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Date: 04-Aug-2011
From: Le Cheng [chengle163 at hotmail.com]
Subject: 2nd International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture
 

	
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Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:34:36
From: Le Cheng [chengle163 at hotmail.com]
Subject: 2nd International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture

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Full Title: 2nd International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture 
Short Title: LTC2 

Date: 31-May-2012 - 02-Jun-2012
Location: Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 
Contact Person: Winnie Cheng
Meeting Email: egwcheng at polyu.edu.hk

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; Forensic Linguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2011 

Meeting Description:

2nd International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & City University London 
Hong Kong, 31 May-2 June 2012 

The 2nd International Conference on Law, Translation and Culture (LTC Conference) invites theoretical studies, applicational cases, and relevant work-in-progress papers in legal translation, court interpreting and legal culture welcomes participation from, researchers of different cultural and language backgrounds from different disciplines and across jurisdictions.

Confirmed Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Susan Sarcevic, University of Rijeka, Crotia

Conference Chairs:

Prof. Winnie Cheng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Prof. Chu Chi-yu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) 

Co-organisers:

Research Centre for Professional Communication in English, Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Centre for Translation Studies, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Sponsor:

Faculty of Humanities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Co-sponsors:

School of Arts, City University London
School of Foreign Languages, China University of Political Science and Law

Venue:

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 

Call for Papers:

The themes include but are not limited to:

1. Court interpreting and multimodality
2. Cultural approach to legal translation/court interpreting
3. Ethics of legal translators and court interpreters
4. Fundamentals in legal translation/court interpreting 
5. Language rights and legal translation/court interpreting 
6. Legal bilingualisation/multilingualisation
7. Legal cultures
8. Legal discourse and legal translation/court interpreting
9. Legal translation and semiotics 
10. Training and testing on translators and interpreters in legal settings

All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings of LTC 2012 to be published with American Scholars Press and indexed by CPCI-SSH/ISSHP. Authors shall submit their papers electronically (as .doc attachments) to Winnie Cheng (egwcheng at polyu.edu.hk) following the style guide on the conference website (TBA). 

Important Dates:

Abstract submission: 30 November 2011 
Draft paper submission deadline: 31 January 2012 (6 pages)
Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2012
Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 28 February 2012
Registration: 1 March-30 March 2012

Publishers:

American Scholars Press







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