Association of Scientific and Technical Translators of Serbia organises
International academic and professional conference TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING TODAY: RESEARCH AND PROFESSION
March 13 and 14, 2025
(Association of Scientific and Technical Translators of Serbia, 9 Kičevska St, Belgrade)
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to present your research from any area of translation and interpreting (T&I). This includes, but is not limited to the didactics of translation and specialised language, the theory and history of T&I, issues concerning professional T&I, terminology, translation criticism and the application of modern technologies in the translation process. We welcome you to participate in the International Academic and Professional Conference “Translation and Interpreting Today: Research and Profession”, which will be held on March 13 and 14, 2025, in-person at the premises of the Association or remotely.
The call is open to researchers from Serbia, the region and other countries. We particularly encourage young researchers to submit their presentations.
The conference aims to enhance the scholarly and professional approach to T&I through the exchange of knowledge, experience and best practices. The participants’ presentations will be published in the journal Prevodilac after a blind peer review process.
We suggest that interested scholars consider the following TOPICS for their presentations:
- Translation profession in theory and practice
- Specialised language, terminology (standardisation, terminology management, term bases), lexicology and lexicography
- Didactics of translation and specialised language teaching, use of artificial intelligence
- Artificial intelligence, machine translation, computer-assisted translation tools: possibilities and limitations, influence on the translation process, creativity in the processing of results, quality assurance issues
- Localisation, transcreation, adaptation
- Translation for minority groups (languages of minorities, refugees, migrants), cultural mediation
- Translation standards
- Labour market and translation
TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS
Oral presentations (on-site or remote) of up to 20 minutes and poster presentations are planned. Each presentation will be followed by a 5 minute discussion.
Each presentation can be prepared by a maximum of three authors, and at least one author is required to attend the event.
Languages of the event: Serbian, languages of the region, English (the subject of the presentation may be other languages as well)
APPLICATION
Interested researchers, who wish to participate in the conference, either with an oral presentation or a poster presentation, are invited to fill out the attached application form by November 1, 2024.
The application should contain up to 10 keywords and a summary of up to 300 words.
REGISTRATION FEE
The registration fee for participants includes the collection of summaries, conference materials, a participation certificate, refreshments during the breaks and the publishing costs for the final version of the presentation.
| Registration fee (affiliated scholars) | Reduced registration fee: (doctoral students, retired scholars and independent scholars, members of the Association) |
| Early bird: EUR 50 Late registration: EUR 70 | Early bird: EUR 35 Late registration: EUR 50 |
The registration fee for attendees includes the collection of summaries, conference materials, attendance certificates and refreshments during the breaks.
| Registration fee (employed attendees) | Reduced registration fee (students, doctoral students, retired scholars, members of the Association) |
| Early bird: EUR 10 Late registration: EUR 15 | No registration fee is paid. |
In the case of applications with multiple authors, the registration fee is paid for one participant. If other authors attend the conference on-site, they pay the registration fee for attendees.
The registration period will commence on December 15, 2024.
After completing the payment of the registration fee, the participants and attendees are kindly asked to email the scanned version of the payment slip at: casopisprevodilac@gmail.com. The payment slip should be kept until the opening of the event.
In case of cancellation of participation, no refund is possible.
The costs of transportation, travel and accommodation are covered by the participants and attendees themselves.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYMENT OF THE REGISTRATION FEE
For payments from the Republic of Serbia, into the Association’s RSD current account:
RSD Current account: 205-3987-58
Reference number: PREVKONF25
Purpose of payment: Participant PREVKONF25 registration fee / Attendee PREVKONF25 registration fee
Payments from abroad are only possible in EUR, and payment instructions will be sent to participants who are not from Serbia along with the notification of acceptance of their application.
The relevant amount should be paid in dinar equivalent valid on the payment day based on the middle exchange rate of the National Bank of Serbia.
If you have any enquiries about payments, please contact us at: upit@me.com
IMPORTANT DATES
CONFERENCE DATE: March 13 and 14, 2025
Application submission deadline: November 1, 2024
Notification about application acceptance or rejection: December 1, 2024
Registration for the conference starts on : December 15, 2024
Early bird registration deadline: January 17, 2025
Publication of the preliminary program: after the expiry of the early registration fee payment deadline
Late registration fee deadline: March 5, 2025
Publication of the final version of the program: March 10, 2025
Deadline for sending the written version of the presentation: May 15, 2025
