The 10th edition of the SIGN conference series will be held at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago, 9 -12 December 2024.

There are pre-conference sessions on the morning of Monday 9 December when people can brush up on their International Sign and learn some local signs.

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Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, is organizing on 5 & 6 Decembrer 2024 a conference on Audiovisual translation and media accessibility in education.

Call for papers deadline: 01 June 2024

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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

The conference will discuss the significance of sign language in the field of sign language research, development, teaching, certification, and interpreting training/educational programs. The focus will be on cooperation and exchange of good practices between sign language institutions worldwide.

You are invited to present by submitting an abstract in written English (max 1 page or 500 words) to info@zveza-gns.si by 15th March 2024.

Further information on the website www.zveza-gns.si

The Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT) is hosting their 45th conference from 13-16 November in California, USA.

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Maya de Wit Sign Language Interpreting Consultancy is organizing again this very popular training: Two day training for national sign language interpreters, interpreting from and to English for signed language interpreters. More info >

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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É com grande prazer que convidamos profissionais, pesquisadores(as), estudantes de pós-graduação e de graduação nas áreas de tradução, interpretação e linguística para participarem dos Congressos de Pesquisas em Línguas de Sinais organizados pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Em 2024, realizaremos dois eventos imperdíveis:

8ª Edição do Congresso Internacional de Pesquisas em Tradução e Interpretação de Línguas de Sinais

4ª Edição do Congresso Internacional de Pesquisas em Linguística e Línguas de Sinais

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 11th edition of the Festival Clin d'Œil will be held from Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 July 2024 in Reims, France.

The Clin d'Oeil Festival is organized every 2 years by the CinéSourds association, promoting sign language in all its cultural diversity and artistic forms.

More info > https://www.clin-doeil.eu/en/index.html

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/

Maya de Wit Sign Language Interpreting Consultancy is organizing this very popular training! Come and join the two day training for signed language interpreters in Portugal! In this interactive training you will learn new strategies and improve you interpreting skills from and to English.

Early bird registration deadline is 1 May.

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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 year, IDLA will take place in the facilities of Diak UAS in Helsinki (Kyläsaarenkuja 2). Suggestions for possible topics can be found on our page https://idla.humak.fi/. We are also open for other topics and themes. The languages used during the seminar are Finnish, Finnish Sign Language, English and international sign.

Information and registration: https://idla.humak.fi/

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.

Maya de Wit Sign Language Interpreting Consultancy is organizing again this very popular training! Come and join the two day training for signed language interpreters in the Netherlands! In this interactive training you will learn new strategies and improve you interpreting skills from and to English.

Early bird registration deadline is 15 February.

Find out more information and register here >