As well as papers presented by participants, there will be a plenary lecture and a round-table session during which questions such as the selection of topics for research; the structuring of research projects; funding for young researchers; postdoctoral research; the publication of scientific articles in international journals of renown, etc., will be analysed and discussed.

The symposium will take place on the 20th of June, 2011 in the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Papers are welcomed on topics relating to the research interests of the Department of Translation and Interpreting. These include:

Translation and Interpreting

• Specialized translation
• Literary translation
• Audiovisual translation and media accessibility
• Interpreting
• Information and communication technologies in translation
• Translator and interpreter training
• History of translation and interpreting
• Interculturality, ideology and the sociology of translation and interpreting
• Textuality and translation
• Cognitive studies in translation and interpreting
• Professional aspects of translation and interpreting
• Empirical research in translation and interpreting
  

East Asian Studies

• East Asian languages and literatures
• Politics and international relations in East Asia
• Culture, thought, and interculturality in East Asia
• Economy of East Asia

The languages of the symposium are Catalan, English and Spanish.