The Institute of Applied Linguistics of the Faculty of E-Learning Technologies and Humanities, Riga Technical University invite you to participate in a biannual conference “Meaning in Translation: Illusion of Precision” on 16-19 May, 2018.

Complicated issue of representation of meaning in translation has always been a focus of research in Translation Studies. Can meaning be transferred across languages or is it simply an illusion that what has been said in one language can be accurately represented in another? Different scholars have taken different stances on this issue. Opinions vary, absolute denial of the existence of interlingual equivalence as such and beliefs that someday computers will be able to translate better than human translators can be mentioned among extreme points of view.

This year the focus is on (R)evolution in the field of Translation Studies.

The conference will bring researchers, translators, students and language policy makers together to create a platform for dynamic and constructive debate, networking and research initiation.

We hope that the conference will become a forum where scholars of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds, studying a variety of subjects, can share their opinion on the matters of utmost importance in the field of translation theory and practice: can meaning be accurately represented in translation? Is loss of certain components of meaning inevitable? What compensation mechanisms can be used to ensure that the target text is not inferior in comparison with the source text? What are the implications of the failure to transfer both semantic and pragmatic aspects of meaning in the process of translation and cross-cultural communication? How can the developments in the field of corpus linguistics and new methods of discourse analysis contribute to contrastive analysis and translation of texts?

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The detailed information about the submission of the papers shall be announced shortly.

List of Topics

• (R)evolution in Translation Studies
• Theory and Practice of Translation
• Scientific and Technical Discourse
• Political Discourse
• Terminology
• Text/Corpus Linguistics
• Semantics and Pragmatics
• Digital Aspects of Translation
• E-learning and Digital Humanities

Committees

Scientific Committee

• Chair: Larisa Iļinska, Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Pamela Faber Benítez, Professor, University of Granada, Spain

• Gerhard Budin, Professor, University of Vienna, Austria

• Gregory M. Shreve, Professor, Kent State University, USA

• Michael Cronin, Professor, Dublin City University, Ireland

• Marina Platonova, Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• M. Teresa Cabré Castellví, Professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

• Piotr Cap, Professor, University of Lodz, Poland

• Rute Costa, Professor, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

• Jose Lambert, Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

• Gunta Ločmele, Professor,University of Latvia, Latvia

• Reine Meylaerts, Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

• Colette Mrowa-Hopkins, Professor, Flinders University, Australia

• Christina Schaeffner, Professor, Aston University, UK

• Rita Temmerman, Professor, Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Belgium

• Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka, Assistant professor, University of Lodz, Poland

• Nijole Maskaliuniene, Professor, Vilnius University, Lithuania

• Andrejs Veisbergs, Professor,University of Latvia, Latvia

• Jānis Sīlis, Professor, Ventspils University College, Latvia

• Zaiga Ikere, Professor, Daugavpils University, Latvia

• Tatjana Smirnova, Assistant Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Enn Veldi, Professor, University of Tartu, Estonia

• Atis Kapenieks, Leading Researcher, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Organizing committee

• Chair: Marina Platonova, Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Larisa Iļinska, Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Tatjana Smirnova, Assistant Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Atis Kapenieks, Leading Researcher, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Bruno Žuga, Researcher, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Zane Seņko, Lecturer, Riga Technical University, Latvia

• Oksana Ivanova, Lecturer, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Invited Speakers

• Pamela Faber Benítez, Professor, University of Granada, Spain
• Gerhard Budin, University of Vienna, Austria
• Gregory M. Shreve, Kent State University, USA
• Michael Cronin, Dublin City University, Ireland

Publication

Information about MTIP2018 proceedings will be announced shortly.

Venue

The conference will be held in the premisses of the Faculty of E-Learning Technologies and Humanities of Riga Technical University.

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