(With apologies for duplication)
Please note that the submission deadline for
CULT 2K
The Second International Conference on
Corpus Use and Learning to Translate
has been extended to
22 June 2000
Notification of acceptance: July 15. Registration deadline: July 30.
For further details, please refer to the call for papers below.
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CULT 2000
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Second International Conference on
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 Forlì 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
- 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
- Corpora and terminology
- Corpus-based descriptive translation studies in the classroom
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Kirsten Malmkjær (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
Dominic Stewart
Federico Zanettin
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 22, 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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