Conference – Legal Translation & Interpreting on the Move: Research and Professional Opportunities

The conference Legal Translation & Interpreting on the Move: Research and Professional Opportunities will be held next year (2-3-4 October 2024) at the University of Trieste/Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (SSLMIT) in Italy.

The conference is the closing activity of the Masters programme in Legal Translation and part of the events organised on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the foundation of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (SSLMIT) as well as the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the University of Trieste. 

The organisers currently have a Call for Papers (submissions by 30 November so hurry, hurry!) including, but not limited to, the following topics: Continue reading

36th AUSIT National Conference

The 36th AUSIT National Conference on the theme: ‘Building bridges, strengthening alliances: Translation and interpreting in today’s connected world‘ will take place from 23 to 25 November 2023 at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

The AUSIT National Conference is an annual gathering in Australia of professionals, scholars, language service providers, policy makers and enthusiasts from the field of translation and interpreting.

As an aside, this blogger is always impressed by the way in which the judiciary are so much more involved in translation in Australia than elsewhere. As an example, The Hon. Justice François Kunc will deliver one of the keynote addresses. Continue reading

Summer School for Financial Translation, Luxembourg

The Société française des traducteurs (SFT) is organising its 10th Summer School for Financial Translation, to take place on 17-19 July 2023 in Luxembourg. The host this year is the European Investment Bank.

The event is designed especially for translators and interpreters who specialize in finance and business, and who work with French and English.

La 10e édition de l’Université d’été de la traduction financière aura lieu cet été à Luxembourg, dans les locaux de la Banque européenne d’investissement. Continue reading

Conference – Connecting cultures: creating bridges with clear communication, Buenos Aires

A conference entitled ‘Connecting cultures: Creating bridges with clear communication’ is being organized from 27 – 29 September 2023 in collaboration with the Observatorio de Lenguaje Claro (OBS) of the Law School at the National University at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The conference builds on the OBS’ success in consolidating plain language knowledge from various fields into effective communication policies. Continue reading

The Dictionaries Conference 2023 – Call for papers

The Dictionaries Conference aims to bring together specialists and professionals in the areas of lexicology and lexicography to disseminate and discuss current and relevant themes and lines of research, as well as the presentation of new products and lexicographic resources, focusing on a particular sub-area in each edition.

The Conference will take place on 17 November 2023, at NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, on site. Continue reading

Call for papers – EULETA Legal English Conference VIII

The EULETA Legal English Conference VIII will be held from Friday 22nd to Saturday 23rd September 2023 in Warsaw, Poland, co-organised by Kozminski University Language Centre and EULETA, the European Legal English Teachers’ Association.

EULETAʼs membership is made up of many people working in different capacities in legal English, for example: lawyers, linguists, translators, legal English trainers for professionals, and legal English university professors. Continue reading

Call for proposals for Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference 

A Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference to be held on Friday 13 October 2023, with pre-conference workshops on Thursday 12 October. The conference will be held at Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School in Provo, Utah.

Proposals are invited for individual papers and panels. The organizers are open to submissions on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to: Continue reading

Call for proposals – Clear Writing for Europe 2023

The European Commission is inviting representatives and practitioners involved in plain language to present at this event which will showcase ways in which plain language can support European democracy and transparency through clear language.

The main conference will try to answer:

  • how plain language acts as a tool for democracy and outreach to the public;
  • how we can make clear writing the default setting, and use it to reach a wider audience (drawing together good practices from across the EU);
  • how can plain language help us communicate on complex topics like climate and energy.

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