19.688, FYI: ATISA 2008 Fourth Biannual Conference

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Date: 29-Feb-2008
From: Holly E. Jacobson < hejacobson at utep.edu >
Subject: ATISA 2008 Fourth Biannual Conference

 

	
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From: Holly E. Jacobson [hejacobson at utep.edu]
Subject: ATISA 2008 Fourth Biannual Conference
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The American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association (ATISA)
invites you to attend its Fourth Biannual Conference:

Conference Theme: Meeting at the Border: Profile of the Language Mediator

Place/Date: University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, April 3-5, 2008

Plenary Speaker: 
Sonja Tirkkonen-Condit, Savonlinna School of Translation Studies
University of Joensuu, Finland

ATISA IV will be held in the world's largest binational, bicultural, and
bilingual metropolitan area, El Paso-Ciudad Juárez. It is an ideal location
for the dissemination of information on intercultural communication,
translation and interpreting. The conference will provide the opportunity
to network with translation and interpreting scholars and educators from
the Borderlands, Texas, and from across the nation and the world.

ATISA encourages, supports, and furthers the study of translation and
interpreting studies by disseminating knowledge and research relevant to
all areas of language mediation, specifically translation and interpreting,
regardless of discipline. 

To register for ATISA 2008, and to view the conference agenda, go to:

www.utep.edu/conferences
 
Registration forms can be sent by mail, fax, or email. All questions
regarding registration should be addressed to lchee at utep.edu.

The registration deadline is March 21, 2008. 


Continuing Education Credits: The ATISA 2008 4th Biannual Conference has
been approved for 10 continuing education points (category A) by the
American Translators Association: http://www.atanet.org


For further information regarding ATISA 2008, go to

www.utep.edu/conferences

Or contact:

Holly E. Jacobson, PhD
University of Texas at El Paso
ATISA 2008 Conference Organizer
Email: ATISA2008 at gmail.com
Phone: (915)747-7044 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Pragmatics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics
                     Translation
                     Writing Systems





 





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