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Date: 29 Feb 2012
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:Qatar Translation Conference

Translation in and of the World

Date: 29-Apr-2012 - 01-May-2012
Location: Doha, Qatar
Contact: Maha Helmi
Contact Email: transconf at qf.org.qf
Meeting URL: http://www.bqfp.com.qa/transconf

Linguistic Field(s): Translation

Meeting Description:

The third annual international Translation Conference, held by the
Translation and Interpreting Institute, in collaboration with Bloomsbury
Qatar Foundation and the British Council, is set to take place on April 29,
2012. The conference, running for three days under the theme 'Translation
In and Of the World' will offer literary and non-literary workshops and
will cover a variety of topics in Translation Studies.

The keynote speeches will be delivered by world renowned scholars, Mona
Baker, Daniel Hahn and Vicente Rafael, and will be moderated by Ahdaf
Soueif, best-selling author. Workshops will cover Literary Translation,
Media Translation, Business/Commercial Translation, as well as Audiovisual
translation, and will also be delivered by prominent names in the field.

This event is free and open to the public, so please share with those for
whom it may be of interest. For more information about the conference and
for workshop registration details, please go to:

http://www.bqfp.com.qa/transconf

To join the Translation & Interpreting Institute to receive advance notice
of future events, contact:

transconf at qf.org.qf

About the Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII):

The Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII) under Hamad Bin Khalifa
University (HBKU) is a new initiative of Qatar Foundation. Situated in the
prestigious Education City, its mission is to deliver sophisticated
translator and interpreter education and high-level training in a range of
languages. The research-led institute will offer a postgraduate Masters in
Translation Studies as of September 2012, followed by a Masters in
Conference Interpreting and a Masters in Audiovisual Translation in 2013.
TII will contribute to capacity building in the areas of scholarly research
and translator training, and qualify a trained cadre of high-level
professionals within the region.

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