The Lexicology of Languages for Specific Purposes Research Group (LexEsp) is pleased to announce its “V International Seminar on English and ESP Lexicology and Lexicography: The Words of the Law”, to be held at the University of Alicante (Spain) on 26-27 April 2018.
Category Archives: Conferences
Conference – The Translator As Activist
On 26 and 27 April 2018, McGill University in Montreal, Canada is holding an intrnational conference entitled “The Translator As Activist / El traductor militante / Le traducteur militant.
Sounds interesting… “It has become increasingly important for translation theorists and practitioners to understand the textual dynamics of politically oriented translations and their textual genetics in today’s globalized societies.”
#W2D2018 goes live today!
We have been beavering away behind the scenes for a few months now, and… I am now delighted to announce
The Second WordstoDeeds Conference 2018: The Value of Legal Translation Professionals
After the success of the 2017 conference “Legal Translation to the Next Level“, and above all kind encouragements from so many attendees… here is the second annual event in what is set to become a fixture. Continue reading
Reporting from Freiburg – Language and Law in a World of Media, Globalisation and Social Conflicts
For this guest post, I am delighted to welcome Javier Moreno Rivero, who hails from UCLA (the University of California, Los Angeles). He has a special interest in legal translation, both in academic terms and in practice, with a particular focus on less common languages and migration, and is also the organiser of a highly successful event on jurilinguistics held in Seville last year.
In the report below, Javier shares with those of us who were unable to be there his personal view of the recent conference held in Freiburg, Germany. Over to you Javier! Continue reading
Conference – 2ème Journée Luxembourgeoise de la Traduction et de l’Interprétation
Pour la deuxième année consécutive, l’Association luxembourgeoise des traducteurs et interprètes (ALTI) organise une conférence consacrée à la traduction et à l’interprétation à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la traduction.
L’évènement aura lieu ce samedi, le 30 septembre 2017 de 10 à 18 heures.
Translating Europe Workshop on Eurolects, Rome, Italy
On 24 October 2017, the Research Group Osservatorio sull’Euroletto (UNINT) and the European Commission are holding a Translating Europe Workshop entitled “Eurolects: Language contact and variational dynamics across European legislative corpora“, in Rome, Italy. Continue reading
Translating Europe Forum 2017, Brussels
The 4th edition of the European Commission’s Translating Europe Forum is taking place in Brussels on 6-7 November 2017, and this year focuses on translators skills and employability: New skills, new markets, new profiles.
Call for papers – Translating Research into Practice in Judiciary Interpreting and Legal Translation
The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) and the Society for the Study of Translation and Interpreting (SSTI) are inviting proposals for the panel “Translating Research into Practice in Judiciary Interpreting and Legal Translation,” to be considered for the upcoming 9th Biennial Conference of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association (ATISA). The conference will be held on 29 March – 1 April 2018, at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA.
Conference 2018 – TRANSIUS, Geneva, Switzerland
The Centre for Legal and Institutional Translation Studies (TRANSIUS) will hold its second international conference from 18-20 June 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference aims to provide a forum for dialogue between scholars and practitioners with a common interest in legal translation and institutional translation settings more generally.
Virtual conference – ConVTI-2017
I was very interested to find out about a virtual conference on all sorts of topics around translation and interpreting, organised by a good friend of this blog Gio Lester, and Marcia Nabrzecki. They are veteran T&I professionals, and the conference is called ConVTI-2017, to be held on 26 and 27 August 2017.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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