Sign Cafe 3 will be held in Warsaw Poland on 18 & 19 September 2025. The conference languages are English, International Sign and Polish Sign Language.

More info: More info: http://sign.uw.edu.pl/en/sign-cafe-3/

The efsli conference takes place in Lisbon 12-14 September 2025. The theme is "Translating Culture". You can find more information and the call for papers here: https://www.anapilg.pt/call-for-papers

The 11th EST Congress: The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting (Studies) will take place in Leeds, United Kingdom, from 30 June to 4 July 2025.

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The ICTIC 5 conference will take place from 2-4 June in Kristiansand, Norway.

The theme for the fifth iteration of the ICTIC conference is Translation and Cognition on the ground. What is now recognized as legitimate empirical phenomena within the field of Translation and Interpreting Studies is a much broader and more inclusive category than was the case just a couple of decades ago. The remit of the field is expanding to encompass multiple new forms of mediated communication in a range of new scenarios.

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Part II of the training ‘Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd language’ organized by Maya de Wit Sign Language Interpreting Consultancy.

You will have the opportunity to learn with peers from across Europe through in depth practice sessions, games, and discussions. Through intensive practice and the individual and peer feedback, you will enhance your acquired skills to work between English and your national sign language.

More information and registration >

Days and times:
11 April: 9.30 - 16.30 hours
12 April: 9.30 - 16.30 hours

As a sign language interpreter you are increasingly requested to work into and from English as non-native speakers. During the two day training you will learn linguistic and coping strategies in order to match these demands.

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A call for papers for the conference “ELF Communication Today: Acceptability and Accessibility in Focus” that will be held on 4 and 5 December 2024 at the University of Salerno, Italy.

See the conference website for more info: https://jaiello00.wixsite.com/elf2024unisa

This training is Part II of the training 'Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd Language' and based on the lessons learned in Part I. Register by 30 June to get the early bird registration fee!

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The Department of Legal, Language, Translation and Interpreting Studies (IUSLIT) of the University of Trieste is hosting the International Conference Legal Translation & Interpreting on the move. The conference will take place 2-4 October 2024 at the SSLMIT (Via Filzi 14, 34137 Trieste, Italy).

Call for papers deadline: 30 November 2023, see http://tigim2024.units.it/CfP.html

More info: http://tigim2024.units.it/index.html

The conference of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) will take place from 13 - 15 September 2024 in Turin, Italy. The conference is organized and hosted by ANIMU.

More info > https://torino2024.efsli.org/

The event will take place on 12-14 September 2024 at Newcastle University and will also be accessible in 'light-hybrid' mode. It will bring together translation studies scholars and professional translators (freelance and in-house) with academics and professionals from other fields (e.g. nursing, psychology, legal & accounting, coaching) to explore and discuss the complex relationship between ethics and self-care in contemporary practice (see event abstract below).

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The conference will take place on 11-14 September 2024 at the University of Graz, Austria

See more info on the conference website: https://translationhistory.uni-graz.at/en/

The 5th Terp Academy Summit will take place from 25 - 28 July (this is a change from the originally planned dates). Further info will follow.

The 12th conference of ALTER, European Society for Disability Research, will be held at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) on 4 and 5 July 2024 on the theme: ‘Disability Research for the Real World.’

You can find the call for papers here. You have until 14 January 2024 to submit your abstracts to the conference website, which will be open in mid-December: https://alterconf2024.sciencesconf.org/

The Together Conference - Moving our Professions Forward’ is a professional development event for sign language interpreters and translators. This conference aims to enhance professional practice and underpinning knowledge in line with the NOS (National Occupational Standards) for interpreters and translators in the UK and equivalent standards worldwide.

The conference will be accessible in English, British Sign Language, Irish Sign Language and English Captions.

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The Francqui-Sign Language Studies Summer School aims to create a dynamic learning environment for PhD students, post-docs, and early career researchers from various fields of Sign Language Studies with a focus on interpreting and translation. It is also open to MA graduates contemplating undertaking a PhD or wanting to know more about what a PhD entails.

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CIUTI annually organizes a conference on Translation & Interpreting at one of its member institutions. From 28-29 May the CIUTI conference ‘Reshaping the T&I Paradigm: Openness and Integration’ will take place in Shanghai.

The conference aims to provide a platform for educators, professionals and industry representatives, to share innovative ideas on strengthening the inclusiveness and interdisciplinary integration in the fields of translation and interpreting studies.

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The VII International Congress on Science and Translation: “Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge will take place online and onsite at the Università del Salento, Lecce.

More information and call for papers > he VII International Congress on Science and Translation: “Interdisciplinary bridges and dissemination of scientific knowledge will take place online and onsite at the Università del Salento, Lecce.

More information and call for papers > https://congresointernacionalcienciaytraduccion.es/

This special training is for signers to learn more about International Sign (IS). During the two days you are introduced to the basics of International Sign, some theory as well as practice. The training is for those signers who already know a national sign language, but want to practice and learn more about IS.

More info and registration: https://www.mpdfonlus.com/it/Le-attivit%C3%A0/International-Sign-Training-for-signers-819/

Extended deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2024

More info> https://katu-symposiumi.com/first-circular-and-call-for-papers-2024/

The theme of the 2024 KäTu Symposium is Connection. The theme is meant to highlight the importance of translation, interpreting, and other translatorial activities in enabling connection between languages and cultures.

The International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI) takes place at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh on 23 and 24 November 2023. The theme for IPCITI 2023 is Lines of Enquiry, and the conference will have a focus on methodological innovation in translation and interpreting studies.

The Association of Greek Sign Language Interpreters (AGSLI - SDENG) is hosting the 2023 AGM and Conference of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event will take place from the 15th to 17th September 2023 under the title: Rights. Right?

Deadline for call of presenters, 31 January 2023 >

“The integration of social-haptic communication in deafblind interpreting and educational settings”, which will be held on the 4th and 5th of  September 2023 in person in Aula Magna Silvio Trentin, Ca’ Dolfin, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and on Zoom. 

The conference aims at gathering international and national expertise around the integration of social-haptic communication in the practice of deafblind interpreting and in deafblind learning environments.

See the Call for Abstracts for other details.

The participation will be free of charge.

The Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf will take place from 11 - 15 July in Jeju, South Korea.

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