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24-25 September 2015
The First International
TransLingua Conference
The Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics
and the Department of English of Kazimierz Wielki University
Bydgoszcz, Poland
are pleased to launch a Call for Papers
for the 2015 Translingua Conference.

PLENARY SPEAKERS
Prof. Juliane House, University of Hamburg
Prof. Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
TRANSLINGUA
In the age of globalization and growing cultural homogenization, in the age of migration
and increasing intercultural dependencies, in the world deeply divided as a result of
cultural differences and in the context of the ongoing efforts to preserve regional and
national traditions and identities, the issues of language and translation are absolutely
vital. At the heart of these complex, intercultural interactions are various types of
agents, intermediaries and mediators, including translators and interpreters, persons
responsible for the promotion of culture, as well as scholars preoccupied with the study
of language, researchers exploring the role of translation and academics investigating
intercultural communication. The aim of this conference is thus to bring together
representatives of various academic disciplines and diverse fields of expertise to
investigate the following areas which will be organized around the following thematic
panels:

THEMATIC PANELS
LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION AND COGNITION
 Cognitive linguistics from a cross-cultural perspective
 Metaphor and metonymy, especially in the local/global context
 Ethnolinguistics, Cognitive sociolinguistics
GLOBALIZATION, GLOCALIZATION, TRAVEL AND MIGRATION
 Language and translation in the context of globalization
 Language, translation and the phenomenon of glocalization
 Language, translation, migration, emigration and diasporas
 Language, translation in the context of travel and tourism
 Translation and interpreting for Polish migrant communities
 The practice of community interpreting in Poland and abroad
LOCAL AND REGIONAL LANGUAGES AND IDENTITIES
 Regional and national heritage from a linguistic angle
 Local and regional identities from a linguistic viewpoint
 Local dialects, urban and rural dialects, world’s Englishes
TRANSLATION, LITERATURE AND HISTORY
 Creating the image of culture abroad through language and translation
 Literary translation as a way of promoting national culture abroad
 English-Polish and Polish-English literary translation
 The history of translation and interpreting in Poland
TECHNOLOGY, LOCALIZATION, HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTIONS
 Language, translation and technology
 Working with CAT tools and MT
 Website localization, creating one’s image on the Internet
 Crowdsourcing and translation, amateur translation

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Papers will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation followed by 10 minutes for
discussion. The proposals including the following information:
 name of author,
 affiliation,
 email address,
 a 300-word abstract,
 a brief bionote (up to 100 words)
should be submitted to:
translingua2015@gmail.com by 30 April 2015.
The language of the conference is English.

FEES
For formal reasons, there is no conference fee as such. However, the participants are
required to cover the cost of meals, coffee-breaks and post-conference publication
which is €100 (400 PLN for Polish residents) and should be transferred to the following
bank account with a note TRANSLINGUA CONFERENCE, the name of the participant
and the precise details of the institution to which the invoice is to be issued.
Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego
Bank Zachodni WBK SA
92 1500 1360 1213 6001 8602 0000
SWIFT: WBKPPLPP
IBAN: PL92150013601213600186020000

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 April 2015
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: 10 May 2015
Registration (Payment) Deadline: 20 June 2015
Conference Dates: 24-25 September 2015

THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Prof. Joan C. Beal, University of Sheffield, UK
Prof. Krzysztof Hejwowski, University of Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Wojciech Jasiakiewicz, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland
Prof. Eliza Karmińska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Prof. Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Wojciech Kubiński, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Prof. Christina Schäffner, Aston University, UK
Prof. Aleksander Szwedek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Prof. Eda Üstünel, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey
Dr Maria González Davies, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain
Dr Séverine Hubscher-Davidson, Aston University, UK
Dr Michał Janowski, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland

THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
dr Michał Borodo, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland
dr Wojciech Wachowski, Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland

CONTACT
All conference-related correspondence should be addressed to:
translingua2015@gmail.com

VENUE
Kazimierz Wielki University
The New Library Building
3 Szymanowskiego Street (ul. Szymanowskiego 3)
Bydgoszcz, Poland