22.4151, Calls: Translation/ Arab World English Journal (Jrnl)

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Subject: 22.4151, Calls: Translation/ Arab World English Journal (Jrnl)

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Date: 22-Oct-2011
From: Khairi Al-Zubaidi [editor at awej.org]
Subject: Arab World English Journal


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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:02:10
From: Khairi Al-Zubaidi [editor at awej.org]
Subject: Arab World English Journal

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Full Title: Arab World English Journal 


Call Deadline: 30-Dec-2011 

Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) welcomes the submission of papers for a 
special issue on translation. The deadline for manuscript submission is 
December, 30, 2011. The issue publication date is March, 2012. For more 
information visit Arab World English Journal on www.awej.org. Before sending 
your paper, please read the Manuscript Guidelines for AWEJ at 
http://awej.org/?section=7. Possible topics could include but are not limited 
to:

- Current situation of translation in the Arab world
- The role of Arab universities in developing currents teaching programs in 
translation 
- The role of Kalima Project (Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage) in 
developing the movement of translation in the Arab world 
- Challenges of literary translation 
- The role of translation in mediating the exchange of knowledge across 
cultural and linguistic divides
- The role of literary translation in challenging or reinforcing cultural difference
- Translation studies: development, problems and solutions. 
- Basic issues in traditional translation research and new perspectives 
- Translation theory and practice and global changes
- Semantic theories in translation and interpreting
- The linguistic, cognitive, communicative, cultural, technological dimensions 
of translation
- Contrast between sight interpretation and paper translation,
- Syntax differences between target language and source language
- Arabic machine translation
- Future use of corpora in translation studies
- Translation and creativity 
- New approaches and theories in translation 
- General translation theory versus specific theories the literary translation
- Teaching translation and literature in translation  
- Foreign language teaching and translation 
- The role of the translator in the dialogue among civilizations  
- The role of translation in cross-cultural and multi-cultural communication  
- The digital age and translation 
- Toward cultural translation
- Globalization and translation

Papers may be submitted electronically as e-mail to: editor at awej.org
Note for Arab authors:  Please submit an abstract in Arabic and English.





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