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    CULT 2000

    CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS=20

    (with apologies if you receive multiple copies)

    Second International Conference on=20

    CORPUS USE AND LEARNING TO TRANSLATE

    Bertinoro, Italy

    Friday 3 November and Saturday 4 November 2000

    AIMS AND TOPICS

    CULT 2000 follows up the 2-day International Workshop organized by the =
    School for Interpreters and Translators of Bologna University in Forl=EC =
    in November 1997 (http://www.sslmit.unibo.it/cult.htm). The aim of the =
    Conference is to bring together practitioners and theorists sharing an =
    interest in the design and use of corpora in translation-related areas, =
    with special reference to translator and interpreter training. =
    Contributions in the form of papers, demonstrations and posters are =
    sought on the following topics:

    - Translation/Interpreting-specific issues relating to the design, =
    development and use(s) of corpora=20

    - Integrating corpus work into courses for translators/interpreters

    - Corpus-based language learning/teaching for translators/interpreters

    - Implications of corpus use with respect to theories of =
    translation/interpreting

    - The respective roles of corpora, conventional reference tools, and =
    other computational translation aids

    - The World Wide Web as a resource for translation/interpreting=20

    - Corpora and terminology

    - Corpus-based descriptive translation studies in the classroom

    KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

    Kirsten Malmkj=E6r (Middlesex University)

    Tony McEnery (Lancaster University)

    VENUE

    Bertinoro is a beautiful little town on the Romagna hills, renowned for =
    its warm hospitality and its good wine. The University Conference Centre =
    is set in a recently renovated medieval fortress dominating the town. =
    The view stretches from the mountains of Tuscany to the Adriatic sea. =
    You can have a look for yourself at: =
    http://www.spbo.unibo.it/bertinoro/eindice.html

    SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

    Guy Aston (University of Bologna)

    Mona Baker (UMIST - Manchester)

    Lynne Bowker (University of Ottawa)

    Jennifer Pearson (Dublin City University)

    Stig Johansson (University of Oslo)

    Krista Varantola (University of Tampere)

    ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

    Silvia Bernardini=20

    Dominic Stewart=20

    Federico Zanettin=20

    ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

    SSLMIT - CULT 2000

    Corso della Repubblica 136

    47100 Forli

    Italy

    Tel.: +39 0543 450 307/304

    Fax: +39 0543 450 306

    e-mail: cult2k@sslmit.unibo.it

    WWW: http://www.sslmit.unibo.it/cult2k/

    PROPOSALS

    Proposals for contributions relating to any of the topics listed above =
    should reach the organizing committee not later than June 15 complete =
    with abstracts of about 500 words. All proposals will be reviewed. For =
    further details about the submission procedure please refer to the =
    Conference Web page or contact the organizing committee at the addresses =
    above.



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