The Ninth Annual International Translation Conference is now accepting submissions for next year’s symposium due to take place over two days on March 27th & 28th 2018 in Qatar.
The theme for the conference is Translation in the Digital Age: From Translation Tools to Shifting Paradigms and will be hosted by the College at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC). Submissions will be welcomed from academics, community members and practitioners who wish to participate in the conference.
The deadline for submission of papers is November 12th 2017 and should contain; an abstract, in either English or Arabic, of no more than 300 words, and should also offer a short biography of up to 100 words. Those selected to participate will present their papers within a 20 minute opening and following this will also have the opportunity for questions raised by the audience and peer assembly for 10 minutes.
The conference invites submissions that deliberate the following themes; Arabic translation in the digital age, co-operative translation projects and enterprises, hypermedia and multimedia translation, and translation within digital humanities.
Also requested are proposals that wish to explore the development and advancement of the translation industry, such as, crowdsourcing and outsourcing, and the growing importance of translation technology, for instance, machine translation. Papers can also consider censorship, translation manipulation, transcreation and transadaption.
Modern advances in the fields of translation and interpretation technology have led to an instant global information era, thus enabling rapid knowledge transference and the possibility of progression for social development.
Translation and interpretation have become fundamental parts of online social and political activism, and the Ninth Annual International Translation Conference will consider the key areas of advancement that have influenced the way communication is achieved in this digital age.
Dr. Amal Al Malki, founding dean of CHSS said “As part of the conference, we invite enterprising translators to submit papers exploring the evolving translation market, which is increasingly relying on non-traditional means. The selected attendees will have an opportunity to present their findings at the conference.”
Interested in submitting an idea? Submissions can be made online here.
