First Call for Papers

Translation and Interpreting Responding to the Challenges of Contemporary Society 

The conference, organized on the occasion of 100^th Anniversary of the Founding of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, will be held from 21 to 22 June 2019 at the Department of Translation Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.

The changes in contemporary society present a challenge for both the practice of translation and interpreting as well as for translation and interpreting studies as academic disciplines. On the one hand, translation practice is faced with new forms of discourse, modified rhetorical conventions and new channels of communication. On the other hand, the multilingual world facilitated through translation and interpreting is challenged by an increasing reliance on a global lingua franca. These changes foreground important questions concerning language and translation policies. Moreover, the changing role of the translator in cross-cultural communication is increasingly recognised in Translation Studies. In this line of reasoning, the image of the translator as an invisible “machine” that merely changes the language of the message is rejected and the focus shifts to the translator as an active participant in shaping the message in the target language.

The conference aims to address some of the questions arising from the changes in contemporary society. How has the role of translation/interpreting and multilingualism changed in recent decades? Where is the active role of the translator becoming more visible? In what way is translation affected by new language contact situations and new genres? How are the changes reflected in practice and in research work? How can translator/interpreter training be adjusted to better suit the evolving profession? How can employability be better embedded in the translation curriculum? Which specific challenges arise in translation between languages that have had little historical contact?

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Presentations (15 minutes + 5 minutes discussion)
• Posters 

Key Topics

• Translation/interpreting and multilingualism
• Translators as creators of meaning
• Questioning the TS paradigm
• Expanding the paradigm of translation: new language combinations and new genres
• Training translators/interpreters for a changing profession
• Translation policy and language policy
• Embedding employability in the translation curriculum
• EMT standards
• The translator’s role in cross-cultural communication

Important dates

Conference fees

Committees

Scientific Committee

• Silvia Bernardini (University of Bologna, Forlì)
• Branka Drljača Margić (University of Rijeka)
• Borislava Eraković (University of Novi Sad)
• Nicolas Frœliger (Paris Diderot University) 
• Vojko Gorjanc (University of Ljubljana)
• Nataša Hirci (University of Ljubljana)
• Krisztina Károly (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)
• Anne Ketola (University of Tampere)
• Melita Koletnik (University of Maribor)
• Kaisa Koskinen (University of Tampere)
• Pekka Kujamäki (Karl-Franzens University of Graz)
• Tamara Mikolič Južnič (University of Ljubljana)
• Kristijan Nikolić (University of Zagreb)
• Marija Omazić (University of Osijek)
• Outi Paloposki (University of Turku)
• Giuseppe Palumbo (University of Trieste)
• Nataša Pavlović (University of Zagreb)
• Agnes Pisanski Peterlin (University of Ljubljana)
• Mirna Radin-Sabadoš (University of Novi Sad)
• Alessandra Riccardi (University of Trieste)
• Mojca Schlamberger Brezar (University of Ljubljana)
• Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (Åbo Akademi University, Vasa)
• Sonja Starc (University of Primorska)
• Tomas Svoboda (Charles Universtiy Prague) 
• Sehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)
• Maurizio Viezzi (University of Trieste)
• Michaela Wolf (Karl-Franzens University of Graz)
• Marija Zlatnar Moe (University of Ljubljana) 
• Simon Zupan (University of Maribor)
• Tanja Žigon (University of Ljubljana)

Organizing committee

• Nataša Hirci (University of Ljubljana) Co-chair
• Tamara Mikolič Južnič (University of Ljubljana) Co-chair
• Agnes Pisanski Peterlin (University of Ljubljana) Co-chair
• Martin Grad (University of Ljubljana)
• Tadej Pahor (University of Ljubljana)
• Janž Snoj (University of Ljubljana)

Invited Speakers

• Professor Lawrence Venuti (Temple University)
• Professor Emeritus Robert Phillipson (Copenhagen Business School)
• Professor Nike Kocijančič Pokorn (University of Ljubljana)

Venue

The conference will be held in Ljubljana (Slovenia), at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to tscl2019@ff.uni-lj.si.