The 6th International Conference on Cognitive Research on Translation and Interpreting

(8-10 November 2019)

The International Conference on Cognitive Research on Translation and Interpreting started in 2014 at the Centre for Studies of Translation, Interpreting and Cognition (CSTIC), University of Macau. Since then, five conferences have been held at the University of Macau (2014-2016), Beijing Foreign Studies University (2017) and Renmin University of China (2018). The conference has become an international forum for the presentation and discussion of up-to-date cognitive research on translation and interpreting.

The 6th International Conference on Cognitive Research on Translation and Interpreting will be held on 8-10 November 2019 at Southwest University, Chongqing, China. This conference will focus on theoretical issues, methodology advancement and interdisciplinary approaches in the cognitive research on translation and interpreting. Papers presented at the conference will be selected through peer review process to be published in a special issue of Cognitive Linguistic Studies or a book of Springer’s New Frontiers of Translation Studies series.

During the conference, a TREC Network meeting and several workshops on empirical research methodologies in translation studies will also be held.

Conference Theme: Cognitive Translation Studies: A New Paradigm of Translation Studies?

Proposals are invited to address one of the following or related topics:

• Philosophical basis of Cognitive Translation Studies
• Theoretical modeling of cognitive process of translation and interpreting
• Methodology in cognitive research on translation and interpreting
• Cognitive linguistic approach to translation and interpreting
• Psycholinguistic approach to transition and interpreting
• Sociological approach to translation and interpreting
• Cognitive processes of translation
• Cognitive processes of interpreting
• Interaction between translator/interpreter and environment
• Cognitive aspects of machine translation
• Emotion in translation and interpreting
• Corpus translation studies and cognitive translation studies
   

Plenary Speakers

• Arnt Lykke Jakobsen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• Gary Massey, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• Patricia Rodríguez-Inés, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
• Ricardo Muñoz Martín, University of Bologna, Italy
• Sandra L. Halverson, University of Agder , Norway
• Zheng Binghan, Durham University, UK
• Li Defeng, University of Macau, China
• Lu Zhi, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China
• Ren Wen, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
• Tan Yesheng, Shanghai International Studies University, China
• Wang Jianhua, Renmin University of China, China
• Wen Xu, Southwest University, China

Eye-Tracking Workshops

Workshop 1: Eye-tracking Technique and Translation Process Research: An Introductory Lecture

Workshop 2: Designing an Eye-tracking Experiment and Setting the Measurement Parameters

Workshop 3: Applying Eye-tracking and Translog to Research the Cognitive Mechanism of Metaphor Translation Process：A Case-based Teaching

Workshop Endorsed by TREC Network

     Bibliometrics in Translation Research

Submission of Abstracts

We invite papers on one of the conference themes or related topics in cognitive translation studies. The language of the conference will be English. The submission is still open until Oct. 15, 2019. Intended participants will fill in the form (including abstracts, participant’s names, affiliation and contact information) and submit to the conference email: transcognition2019@163.com.

Registration and Fees

Registration is required for all presenters and participants of the conference. The standard registration fee for the conference is RMB 1600 (USD 230). The registration fee for full-time students (copy of student ID required) is RMB 800 (USD 115). The registration fee will be paid on Nov. 8, 2019 at the conference venue.

Please note that the fee covers the conference pack, refreshments, meals during conference and certificate for participation. The fee does NOT cover travel, accommodations or other fees not specified.

Accommodation

University-based or off-campus hotel rooms will be reserved for conference presenters and participants. If you are interested, please contact us by transcognition2019@163.com and we will help make the reservation.

About TREC Network

http://pagines.uab.cat/trec/content/homeinicio

TREC (Translation, Research, Empiricism, Cognition) is a network of Translation scholars and Research groups united by their joint interest in Empiricism and the rigorous investigation of the human translation process, especially with respect to Cognition. The aim of TREC is to facilitate research and enhance comparability across studies within empirical and experimental translation research with a focus on cognition. Translating is a highly complex and demanding cognitive task and as such has been the object of empirical and experimental research since the 1980s. A variety of approaches have been tested, but empirical and experimental translation research with a focus on the process / product interface still faces methodological and theoretical challenges. There is a need for validated data collection instruments and established data analysis models, which calls for the exchange of theoretical models, research tools and available technology among researchers. The thematic network of empirical and experimental research in translation creates a link between several research groups, and its main aim is to promote the exchange of data and information in order to improve the development of this type of research.