Corpora: CULT 2000 - CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

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CULT 2000

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS=20

(with apologies if you receive multiple copies)

Second International Conference on=20

CORPUS USE AND LEARNING TO TRANSLATE

Bertinoro, Italy

Friday 3 November and Saturday 4 November 2000

AIMS AND TOPICS

CULT 2000 follows up the 2-day International Workshop organized by the =
School for Interpreters and Translators of Bologna University in Forl=EC =
in November 1997 (http://www.sslmit.unibo.it/cult.htm). The aim of the =
Conference is to bring together practitioners and theorists sharing an =
interest in the design and use of corpora in translation-related areas, =
with special reference to translator and interpreter training. =
Contributions in the form of papers, demonstrations and posters are =
sought on the following topics:

- Translation/Interpreting-specific issues relating to the design, =
development and use(s) of corpora=20

- Integrating corpus work into courses for translators/interpreters

- Corpus-based language learning/teaching for translators/interpreters

- Implications of corpus use with respect to theories of =
translation/interpreting

- The respective roles of corpora, conventional reference tools, and =
other computational translation aids

- The World Wide Web as a resource for translation/interpreting=20

- Corpora and terminology

- Corpus-based descriptive translation studies in the classroom



KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Kirsten Malmkj=E6r (Middlesex University)

Tony McEnery (Lancaster University)



VENUE

Bertinoro is a beautiful little town on the Romagna hills, renowned for =
its warm hospitality and its good wine. The University Conference Centre =
is set in a recently renovated medieval fortress dominating the town. =
The view stretches from the mountains of Tuscany to the Adriatic sea. =
You can have a look for yourself at: =
http://www.spbo.unibo.it/bertinoro/eindice.html



SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Guy Aston (University of Bologna)

Mona Baker (UMIST - Manchester)

Lynne Bowker (University of Ottawa)

Jennifer Pearson (Dublin City University)

Stig Johansson (University of Oslo)

Krista Varantola (University of Tampere)



ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Silvia Bernardini=20

Dominic Stewart=20

Federico Zanettin=20



ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

SSLMIT - CULT 2000

Corso della Repubblica 136

47100 Forli

Italy

Tel.: +39 0543 450 307/304

Fax: +39 0543 450 306

e-mail: cult2k at sslmit.unibo.it

WWW: http://www.sslmit.unibo.it/cult2k/



PROPOSALS

Proposals for contributions relating to any of the topics listed above =
should reach the organizing committee not later than June 15 complete =
with abstracts of about 500 words. All proposals will be reviewed. For =
further details about the submission procedure please refer to the =
Conference Web page or contact the organizing committee at the addresses =
above.