Cfp: ICEBFIT 2016 - International Conference on Economic Financial And Institutional Translation

Call for papers

Conference Description

In the age of ever-changing information and communication technologies (the Internet of Everything), global economy production and distribution processes are deeply impacted by the demand for information in multiple languages and localized content through intercultural communication. The volume of economic, business, financial and institutional translation increases each day: governments strive for plain and accessible information; institutions and agencies operate in more than one language; multinationals produce documents in multiple languages to expand their services all around the world, and large businesses and SMEs also have to adopt a multilingual approach when accessing new markets in new countries.

Translation and interpreting training institutions such as universities have always been aware of the need for training in this area. This awareness is evident in their curricula, which include subjects such as specialized translation and economic or institutional translation. Trainers and researchers are increasingly interested in knowing and researching the intricacies and aspects of this type of translation: its discourse, terminology, phraseology and metaphoric uses; its relation to plain language initiatives, new technologies, as well as teaching approaches, contrastive analysis, project management, etc. From this perspective, and following the success of the first Conference held in 2014 at the University of Alicante, the Département des langues modernes et de traduction of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières seeks to bring together translation practitioners, researchers, teachers as well as other parties engaged in economic, commercial, financial and institutional translation in order to discuss and debate the following themes and subthemes:

• New research trends in the field of economic, commercial, financial and institutional translation
• The impact of plain language initiatives on specialized translation norms and terminology
• The study of specialized discourse, textual genres, and their relation to economics and business, the implementation of terminology, information resources and specialized phraseology
• New pedagogical approaches or tools in teaching economic, commercial, financial and institutional translation
• First-hand knowledge about business translation from professionals
• The dual role of translation and terminology in the evolution of business languages and of specialized knowledge in the definition of translation norms and terminology
• The ways in which regulatory compliance and frameworks impact translation, as well as the influence of cultural norms on specialized terminology and phraseology
• Insights into bridging the gap between the professional and academic worlds

Presentation format

Presentations may be in English, French or Spanish. Proposals (abstracts) must be submitted in English and, where relevant, one of the other conference languages: French or Spanish. Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a question period of 10 minutes.

Confirmed keynote speakers

Réal Paquette, independent translator and lecturer at Université de Montréal

Geoffrey Koby, associate Professor of German Translation, Kent State University

Others will be announced shortly!

Submission Procedure

Abstracts of no more than 400 words must be submitted online on EasyChair through the submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icebfit2016

You need to create an EasyChair account to submit your abstract.

For more information on the conference, visit our Web page: http://www.uqtr.ca/ICEBFIT.

Questions and comments : Icebfit2016@uqtr.ca

Important dates

Nov 30, 2015: Submission of proposals due
Jan 20, 2016: Notification of acceptance
April 1– June 30, 2016: Early bird registration of presenters
August 17 – 18, 2016: Second International Conference on Economic, Business, Financial and Institutional Translation

A publication of selected and peer-reviewed articles is planned after the conference. More details to follow.

Organizing Committee

Éric Poirier, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (chair)
Daniel Gallego Hernández, Universidad de Alicante (co-chair)
Pier-Pascale Boulanger, Université Concordia
Egan Valentine, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Scientific Committee

Philippe Caignon, Université Concordia
Jeanne Dancette, Université de Montréal
Akila Naïma Dib, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Alvaro Echeverri Arias, Université de Montréal
Marco Fiola, Ryerson University
Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera, Universidad de Valladolid
Chantal Gagnon, Université de Montréal
Zélie Guével, Université Laval
Peter Holzer, Universität Innsbruck
Geoffrey Koby, Kent State University
Isabel Lacruz, Kent State University
Matthieu LeBlanc, Université de Moncton
Emilio Ortega Arjonilla, Universidad de Málaga
Jean Quirion, Université d'Ottawa
Francisca Suau Jiménez, Universitat de València
Lieve Vangehuchten, Universiteit Antwerpen
Christian Vicente, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
Massiva Robert Zafio, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières