25 Ιαν 2009

The Translator as Writer, Conference, Portsmouth, Nov. 2009

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

9th Portsmouth Translation Conference
7th November 2009

The Translator as Writer

The expertise of the translator manifests itself in two key ways:
firstly in terms of subject expertise (e.g. specialised domains such as law, music or telecommunications) and secondly in terms of skill sets (translation activities such as pre-editing, post-editing, gist translation etc.). This expertise is deployed through the translator's primary skill: writing in the target language. In next year's conference we would like to explore the interfaces between subject expertise, writing and translation. These might include:

Scientific and technical writing and translation
Controlled languages
Copywriting and translation
Multilingual document production
Translation and advertising
Creative writing and translation
Specialised Translation fields (law, medicine, finance)
Music and translation
Authorship and authority in translation

We welcome contributions from scholars, professionals and trainers. Proposals for practical writing/translation workshops are also very welcome. Enquiries and/or abstracts of 300 words should be sent by 30th June 2009. A selection of papers from the conference will be published.

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