TEACHING TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

• translator and interpreter training  

• changing landscape of translation as a profession – trends, challenges and professional ethics 

• continuous professional development for translators and interpreters 

• professional development for translator teachers 

• technology in translation education - AI and machine translation integration 

• interdisciplinary approaches in translation education - holistic training, cross-disciplinary insights 

• metacognitive aspects of translation and translation education - self-regulation, self-reflection, self-concept

• bridging academia-industry gap 

• collaborative initiatives and project-based training

• multi-dimensional translator competence 

• effective feedback in translation education

• peer interaction and collaborative learning in training environments

• revising and post-editing

• adapting to changing industry standards

Professor Carmen Heine, Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Ricardo Muñoz Martín, University of Bologna, Italy
Professor Aleksander Gomola, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland
Professor Łukasz Bogucki, University of Łódź, Poland

Organising committee

Chair: 

Paulina Pietrzak, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Scientific secretary: 

Michał Kornacki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Members:

Agata Sadza

Przemysław Boczarski 

Krzysztof Hejduk

Honorary chair: 

Professor Łukasz Bogucki

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Conference veue

The conference will take place at the Faculty of Philology, University of Łódź, Poland.

Address:
ul.Pomorska 171/173
90-236 Łodź

Conference dinner veue

to be announced...

DEADLINES

• the deadline for submission of abstracts for the conference is 15 February 2025.
• notification of acceptance will be emailed to participants by 28 February 2025.
• the deadline for registration is 12 March.
• the deadline for payment is 20 March.

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CONFERENCE FEE

The cost of conference registration is 200 EUR, or 240 EUR if including the evening conference dinner.

Conference participation is subsidised for participants from Poland. The conference fee for Polish participants (working in Poland only) is 450 PLN, or 600 PLN if including the evening dinner.

The evening dinner will take place in Manufaktura, the most important site on tourist, cultural and commercial maps of Łódź.

In case of co-authored presentations with both authors present, each person is required to pay the conference fee.

The conference fee includes a welcome conference pack, lunches, coffee breaks, book of abstracts, participation in all sessions, certificate of attendance, review and publication procedures.

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PAYMENT DETAILS

Please use the following bank details for bank wire transfers:

Recipient:

University of Lodz

Narutowicza 68 street

90-136 Lodz

Region: lodzkie voivodeship

• Bank name: Pekao SA
• BIC (SWIFT) - PKOPPLPW
• IBAN - PL 50 1240 3028 1111 0011 4894 5325

Please make sure your name is included in the name of the transfer.

Please provide your invoice details when you register; otherwise, we cannot issue a VAT invoice.

The deadline for registration is 12 March.

The deadline for payment is 20 March.

Abstract submission

Participants intending to give a paper should send a 200-300 word DOCX abstract (excluding references and bio) to Michał Kornacki (michal.kornacki@uni.lodz.pl).

The abstract submission should contain:

• the title of the paper

• the name(s) and academic title(s) of the author(s)

• the full name(s) and address(es) of the affiliation(s)/institute(s) of the author(s)

• the theme(s) (see the list of themes) that the paper covers in the top right hand corner of the document submitted

• a list of references (max. 5). Please use Harvard citation style.

• a short bio of the participant (50-100 words)

 

The official language of the conference is English.

Please name your e-mail: TTI REGISTRATION

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Registration

Once your abstract has been accepted, we will send a registration form.

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Contact

Michal Kornacki (michal.kornacki@uni.lodz.pl)

Organisers aim to publish selected papers from the conference proceedings as a special issue in an indexed journal and an edited volume.

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Previous post-TTI publications

TTI 6 in 2019: 

Special issue:

• 2021 - Kornacki, M, Pietrzak, P (red). Translator training environments, Special Issue 24, New Voices in Translation Studies. 
• 2020 - Pietrzak, P. (red.) Issues in translator training, Special Issue of RIL Research in Language, vol. 18 (2), de Gruyter.
• 2021 - Pietrzak, P., Kornacki, M. (red.) Focus on the translation trainee, Special Issue of RIL Research in Language, vol. 19 (2), de Gruyter.

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TTI 5 in 2017:

Edited volume:

• 2018 - Constructing Translation Competence - Peter Lang Verlag

Special issue:

• 2019 - Pietrzak, P. (red.) New Insights into Translator Training, Special Issue of Intralinea.

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TTI 4 in 2014:

Edited volume: 

• 2016 - Constructing Translation Competence - Peter Lang Verlag

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