Opportunities
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Linguistica Antverpiensia Invites Thematic Issue Proposals for 2028
Call for Proposals | Issue 27 (2028) | Deadline: 8 November 2026 Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies (LANS–TTS) has announced a call for proposals for its 27th thematic issue, scheduled for publication in December 2028. The annual, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, published by the University of Antwerp, focuses on research in Translation…
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Call for Papers: IATIS 2027 to Explore Interculturality and Hospitality in Times of Crisis
The 9th IATIS International Conference will explore interculturality, hospitality and crisis in relation to translation, interpreting and intercultural studies in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Call for Papers: The Translatability of the Scriptures in Christianity and Islam
International Conference | 12–14 April 2027 | Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies (CMCS) Oxford and the United Bible Societies’ TAZI initiative (Taurat Anbiya Zabur Injil) will host an international conference exploring the question of scriptural translatability in Christianity and Islam from 12 to 14 April 2027. Titled “The Translatability of…
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Call for Papers: GLOTECH 2025 Conference in Alicante, Spain
Conference Title: GLOTECH 2025: Redefining Language Learning and Translation in the Digital Age Dates: 25-26 September 2025 Location: University of Alicante City Centre Venue, Alicante, Spain Languages: English & Spanish Organized by: Digital Language Learning (DL2) Research Group About the Conference In an era of unprecedented digital connectivity, emerging technologies are fundamentally reshaping the fields…
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Job Opportunity: Tenure Track Researcher in English Language, Translation & Linguistics
Institution: University of Rome Tor Vergata Department: Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society Location: Rome, Italy Position: Full-time, Fixed-Term Researcher (Tenure Track – RTDb, pursuant to Italian Law 240/2010, Art. 24, para 3) Field: Scientific Disciplinary Sector ANGL-01/C (English Language, Translation and Linguistics) Reference Code: 2462 – D.R. No. 1288 (09/04/2025) Eligibility Requirements:…
News
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Translastars News: AI in Audiovisual Translation – Industry Standards Update
Translastars has reported a significant shift in the Audiovisual Translation (AVT) sector. Major streaming platforms are now actively standardizing post-editing protocols for Neural Machine Translation applied to subtitling. What This Means for Freelancers The integration of AI into AVT workflows means that subtitlers must adapt to ‘post-editing’ rates rather than traditional origination rates. However, this…
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PEN Translates Offers Funding for Literary Translation Projects
Funding opportunity for publishers | Deadline: 30 November 2026 PEN Translates, the literary translation award administered by English PEN, is accepting applications for its latest funding round until 11.59pm GMT on 30 November 2026. Launched in 2012 with support from Arts Council England, PEN Translates aims to encourage UK publishers to acquire and publish contemporary…
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Call for Papers: The Translatability of the Scriptures in Christianity and Islam
International Conference | 12–14 April 2027 | Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies (CMCS) Oxford and the United Bible Societies’ TAZI initiative (Taurat Anbiya Zabur Injil) will host an international conference exploring the question of scriptural translatability in Christianity and Islam from 12 to 14 April 2027. Titled “The Translatability of…
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Cfp- Translation as a process of resistance, resilience and activism
Translation as a Process of Resistance, Resilience and Activism The Case of Palestine and the Broader Arab Region Call for Contributions: “Translation as a Means of Resistance, Resilience and Activism: The Case of Palestine and the Broader Arab Region” Recent research has increasingly focused on the intersection of activism and translation. Shwaikh’s 2020 chapter on…
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Call for Papers: Graduate Student Conference on Translation Studies
CALL FOR PAPERSGraduate Student Conference on Translation StudiesProgram of Comparative LiteratureUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst April 20-21, 2024 Conference theme: Trace and TransformationKeynote speaker: Dr. Loredana Polezzi, Stony Brook University Call for Papers The art of translation, as Edouard Glissant reminds us, involves “the practice of trace, which, as against systematic thought, points the way to…
Publications
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Linguistica Antverpiensia Invites Thematic Issue Proposals for 2028
Call for Proposals | Issue 27 (2028) | Deadline: 8 November 2026 Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies (LANS–TTS) has announced a call for proposals for its 27th thematic issue, scheduled for publication in December 2028. The annual, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, published by the University of Antwerp, focuses on research in Translation…
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Public Service Translation And Interpreting: A Way to Accessibility And Inclusion
Edited by Carmen VALERO-GARCÉS (University of Alcalá, Spain) and Soňa HODÁKOVÁ (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia) The UN 2030 Agenda, among its main objectives and goals, promotes sustainable, inclusive and equal development. Achieving this objective requires alliances between countries so that a spirit of solidarity and inclusion can grow, and where accessibility to all…
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Cfp: Special Issue- New Trends, Challenges and Discoveries in the Translation of Multilingualism in Fiction
Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, The past decade has seen a substantial rise in research publications focused more and more on the issue of translation tasks and projects having to tackle with texts that are not limited to a single language, dialect, or sociolect (Beseghi 2017, Ranzato and Zanotti 2018, Pérez and de Higes 2019,…
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Cfp: Special Issue – Research, pedagogy and practice of translation and interpretation
Call for Papers JRHE, the Journal of Research in Higher Education published by Babeș-Bolyai University, the QUALITAS Centre, invites submissions for the forthcoming special issue on the research, pedagogy and practice of translation and interpretation, due out in September 2022. JRHE is a peer-reviewed, open access journal http://jrehe.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/, that seeks to address and factor in the major challenges educators, researchers,…
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INTERSEMIOTICITY, INTERGENERICITY, INTERMEDIALITY: FROM TRANSLATION TO DRAMATISATION, ADAPTATION, PERFORMANCE
Call For Papers Concordia Discors vs. Discordia Concors (International Journal for Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies) no. 17-18 / 2022 INTERSEMIOTICITY, INTERGENERICITY, INTERMEDIALITY: FROM TRANSLATION TO DRAMATISATION, ADAPTATION, PERFORMANCE Roman Jakobson’s On Linguistic Aspects of Translation (1959) is still a much quoted (re)source, above all for having introduced the concept…
Research
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PEN Translates Offers Funding for Literary Translation Projects
Funding opportunity for publishers | Deadline: 30 November 2026 PEN Translates, the literary translation award administered by English PEN, is accepting applications for its latest funding round until 11.59pm GMT on 30 November 2026. Launched in 2012 with support from Arts Council England, PEN Translates aims to encourage UK publishers to acquire and publish contemporary…
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Call for Papers: Graduate Student Conference on Translation Studies
CALL FOR PAPERSGraduate Student Conference on Translation StudiesProgram of Comparative LiteratureUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst April 20-21, 2024 Conference theme: Trace and TransformationKeynote speaker: Dr. Loredana Polezzi, Stony Brook University Call for Papers The art of translation, as Edouard Glissant reminds us, involves “the practice of trace, which, as against systematic thought, points the way to…
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Southeast Asian Literatures and the Anthropocene
Call for Papers: 4th ASLE-ASEAN Ecocritical Workshop-August 23-24, 2021 Organized by the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment –Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASLE-ASEAN) and the Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia Deadline: 25th June 2021Contact: Dr Agnes Yeow and Dr Florence TohEmail: asleaseanabstracts@gmail.com In his seminal…
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Lecture Series by Centre for Comparative Literature, UoH
Centre for Comparative Literature at University of Hyderabad conducts series of online lectures on various topics featuring prominent academicians across the globe. The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Prof. Rupa Viswanath (Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen). Title: “Permanent Minorities and Political Domination: Ambedkar on Representative Democracy” Date: 18 Sept 18 2020Time:…
Resources
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5 Best Free Corpus Analysis Tools for TS Researchers
Corpus linguistics is the backbone of Descriptive Translation Studies. To conduct empirical research on translation universals—such as explicitation or simplification—you need reliable software to process large text datasets. Top 5 Open-Source Tools AntConc: A freeware corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis. LancsBox: A new-generation software package developed at Lancaster University, perfect for visualizing…
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The Role of the Translator in the Era of Neural Machine Translation
As Neural Machine Translation (NMT) achieves unprecedented levels of fluency, the ontological definition of the ‘translator’ is undergoing a radical shift. Early translation theories, such as Eugene Nida’s functional equivalence, assumed human cognition was the sole engine of linguistic transfer. The Post-Human Turn Contemporary scholars argue we have entered the ‘post-human’ era of translation (Cronin,…
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How to Write a Winning PhD Proposal in Translation Studies
Securing a doctoral position in Translation Studies (TS) is an increasingly competitive endeavor. The discipline has matured significantly since the “cultural turn” of the 1990s (Bassnett & Lefevere, 1990), and universities now expect doctoral candidates to present methodologically rigorous, highly original projects that push the epistemological boundaries of the field. A brilliant idea is no…
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A Guide to Qualitative Research Methods in Translation Studies
While corpus linguistics and statistical machine translation have driven a massive surge in quantitative research, understanding the human element of translation necessitates a robust qualitative approach. Since the “Sociological Turn” of the late 1990s (Wolf & Fukari, 2007), translation scholars have increasingly borrowed methodologies from ethnography, sociology, and cognitive psychology. Applying qualitative research methods allows…
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Major Themes and Theories in Translation Studies: A Comprehensive Guide
Translation Studies (TS) has evolved significantly since James S. Holmes first mapped the discipline in his seminal 1972 paper, “The Name and Nature of Translation Studies.” What began as a sub-discipline of applied linguistics has transformed into a highly autonomous, interdisciplinary field drawing upon sociology, cultural studies, cognitive science, and computer science. For early-career researchers…
