21.283, Calls: Socioling, Translation/Malaysia

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Subject: 21.283, Calls: Socioling, Translation/Malaysia

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Date: 15-Jan-2010
From: Siew-Teip Looi < looist at gmail.com >
Subject: International Conference on Translation and Multiculturalism
 

	
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From: Siew-Teip Looi [looist at gmail.com]
Subject: International Conference on Translation and Multiculturalism

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Full Title: International Conference on Translation and Multiculturalism 
Short Title: Found in Translation 

Date: 23-Jul-2010 - 25-Jul-2010
Location: Kualau Lumpur, Malaysia 
Contact Person: Siew Teip Looi
Meeting Email: anuvaada88 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://english.um.edu.my/anuvaada/main.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 07-Mar-2010 

Meeting Description:

Found in Translation is a platform for academics, writers and translators to
discuss the role played by translation in multilingual and multicultural
societies across the world. Through this conference, we hope to highlight the
role of translation in mediating the exchange of information across cultural and
linguistic divides. Translators and interpreters, skilled bilinguals who
construct the bridges between cultures, not only make this information exchange
possible but also act as agents of cultural change in an increasingly
knowledge-driven society. We wish to celebrate the art of the translator in this
conference and to discuss the issues and challenges they face in carrying out
their task, as well as the strategies they have devised to meet these challenges.

With its multiplicity of languages and cultures, Malaysia and the wider
Southeast Asian region provides a rich context for such a discussion. Jointly
organized by the University of Malaya's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics and the Malaysian Association for
Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (MACLALS), the conference will be
held at the University's sprawling green campus in Kuala Lumpur. 

Call for Papers

We invite you to submit abstracts for presentations in the following areas:

- The role played by translation in multilingual societies - historical as well
as contemporary.
- Ideological stances in translation in relation to gender, politics, ethnicity, etc
- Analyses and critiques of translated texts.
- Translations of literary works and their influence across cultures.
- Translation theories and strategies.
- The place of translation in linguistic and cultural diaspora.

Presentations can be in English, Chinese, Malay or Malaysian Sign Language. As
is the common practice, the core of the conference will be a series of parallel
sessions giving space for participants to present a paper orally. You will be
allocated a time of 20 min for your delivery. This will be followed by 10 min of
discussion. You may also choose to present your ideas in the form of a poster.
These will remain on display for the duration of the conference. If you have an
idea for a workshop and would like to conduct it at the conference, please let
us know in the registration form. If there is sufficient interest in this, we
could organise a few workshop sessions.

Abstracts (250 words or 500 Chinese characters maximum) should be in Microsoft
Word or PDF format and sent to the following email address:
anuvaada88 at gmail.com. 

The deadline for submission is 7 March 2010 and notification of acceptance will
be sent by 15 March 2010.  Abstracts in Chinese and Malay must be accompanied by
an English translation.

All abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference will be posted on this
website in March.

Publication
All papers will be accessible online on the evening of the day in which they are
presented at the conference. The full proceedings will be distributed to
participants at the end of the conference in the form of a CD.  To ensure that
your paper is included in the proceedings, please submit an electronic version
of  the full text of your paper by 13 July 2010 to anuvaada88 at gmail.com.  In
addition to electronic publication, selected papers will be peer reviewed and
published in print form.





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