Fourth CTER Congress 2025

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CTER 2025 HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR TRANSLATION STUDIES

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Following the three CTER Congresses we have held in the years 2016, 2019 and 2022, we kindly invite you to participate in the 4th CTER Congress, which will be held with the aim to explore human added value and new, emerging concepts of translation in an age of a technology-driven global LSP industry offering largely outsourced, time-saving and cost-effective language services involving a wide spectrum of forms and types of translation. Paradoxically, and contrary to numerous voices of concern, the increasing automation of translation processes seems to be foregrounding the need for (re-)positioning human language mediators to maximise their value-adding potential which manifests itself in the now largely desired transferable, adaptive, (inter-)personal service-provision skills which are necessary for effective interaction not only with the stakeholders in the LSP industry but also the relevant technologies, e.g. AI.

We sincerely hope that the Congress, addressed to specialists from the field of Translation Studies and Translation Pedagogy and professional translators, will create an opportunity to examine the current state of affairs in the field, both on a theoretical and practical plane, reflect on the relevant research findings and share inspirations with a view to providing an interface between translator education and the translation profession.

Guest speakers

It is with a great pleasure that we would like to announce that CTER 2025 will be hosting representatives of academia, the language service provision industry and the publishing world. Our guest speakers are:

    • dr Agenor Hoffman-Delbor (localize.pl)
    • prof. Joss Moorkens (Dublin City University, Ireland)
    • prof. Lucia Pintado Gutierrez (APTIS, President of the Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies/Dublin City University)
    • prof. Anthony Pym (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain/University of Melbourne, Australia)
    • Louisa Semlyen (Routledge)

The conference topics include, but are not limited to:

  • New value(s) in T/I pedagogy
  • Emerging educational methods, techniques and tools to meet industry needs
  • Pedagogical approaches to translation, interpreting and other forms of language mediation
  • Educating for new language industry professions and emerging professional profiles
  • T/I technologies facilitating online/on-site teaching and learning
  • Educational needs for translators, interpreters and other language mediators
  • (Re-)positioning and educating humans in translation and translator education
  • Human – machine interactions and interfaces and the related challenges

Conference format and languages:

The conference will be held on-site at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. The main language of the conference is English but some papers (in dedicated sessions) may be delivered in Polish (subject to interest).

Paper presentations:

The length for paper presentations is 20 minutes, with 10 minutes’ Q&A. The  Congress will also host a general meeting of CTER members (open to prospective members).

Registration [now possible for non-speaking participants only]:

Registration of conference participants and speakers will be administered through the Coffee system; the hyperlink to it will be published on the conference website. Speakers will be kindly requested to submit abstracts of 200-300-words. All submissions will be subject to anonymous review by the Conference Board and notifications of acceptance/rejection will be delivered  by email. Details to be provided in due course.

Registration and abstract submission:

Registration and abstract submission will be held via the Coffee system. To register (and submit an abstract), do the following:

  1. First, read the terms and conditions (file 1 i file 2), which you will need to accept on registration.
  2. Use the registration link and fill out the form to set up your own individual account in the Coffee system (interface available in English only).

Note. Remember to provide you tax identification number (e.g. NIP) if you need an invoice.

  1. Speaking participants need to register as Speakers. Non-speaking participants – as Participants.

Note. The registration options Plenary speaker, (member of) Organising Committee i Volunteer are reserved for those who have received a written request from CTER to register in those roles.

  1. After activating your account in the Coffee system, click here to log on to it. Speakers will be enquired to submit an abstract (200-300 words, excluding the title (<150 characters) and bibliography). The submissions will be blind-reviewed by the CTER 2025 Scientific Board, and notifications of acceptance/rejection will be sent out by email.

Note. All data fields available under the gray tabs (Abstract details, Authors and affiliations, Abstract title and content, as well as Options) must be filled in. In the case of papers  to be delivered by multiple speakers, all speakers need to register separately, but only one person sends an abstract.

Payment:

The conference fee includes:

  • participation in plenary lectures
  • participation in parallel paper sessions
  • conference dinner
  • access to conference materials
  • coffee/tea and light refreshments in break (as scheduled)

Payment must be made through the Coffee system in the Polish zloty (PLN), and the price in EUR, which we have provided below, is only an approximation for those from outside Poland. The payment methods include credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD) and bank transfer.

If you need to receive an invoice, provide all the details for it while completing the payment process in the Coffee system. Please ensure you provide correct data, as no further modifications will be possible. Invoices will be sent out within three months of the payment.

Publication and submission of full articles:

We are planning for a selection of the best papers to be published in an acclaimed Translation Studies journal in 2027. Authors interested in having their article published in the journal will be asked to submit the full version in due course.

Conference fees:

  • Reduced fee (for registered CTER/EST members)
    PLN650 (~ EUR130)
  • Regular fee (for non-CTER/non-EST members)
    750PLN (~ EUR150)

Venue

The conference will held at Jagiellonian University’s Auditorium Maximum (Krupnicza no. 33).

Important dates:

  • First circular: May 2024
  • Second circular: Sep 2024
  • Third circular: Nov 2024
  • Abstract submission: by 30 Nov 2024
  • Acceptance notification: 20 Dec 2024
  • Registration (for non-speaking participants only): 25 Jan 2025
  • Payment (for all): 20 Dec 2024 –25 Jan 2025
  • Submission of full papers: to be announced in due course
  • Paper publication: 2027

Conference Board:

  • Prof Łucja Biel, Warsaw University
  • Prof Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences/EST Secretary General
  • Prof Konrad Klimkowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
  • Prof Mariusz Marczak, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • Prof Gary Massey, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  • Prof Joss Moorkens, Dublin City University
  • Prof Paulina Pietrzak, University of Łódź
  • Prof Maria Piotrowska, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • Prof Anthony Pym, University of Melbourne and Universitat Rovira i Virgili
  • Prof Elisabet Tiselius, University of Bergen/EST President
  • Prof Bogusława Whyatt, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Organising Committee:

  • Prof Mariusz Marczak, Jagiellonian University in Kraków (head)
  • Urszula Paradowska, PhD, Jacob of Paradies University (JPU) in Gorzów
  • Agnieszka Seweryn, PhD, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • Monika Zabrocka-Śliwka, PhD, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
  • Agata Sadza, University of Łódź

Contact details:

Project co-financed by state funds, granted by the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the „Excellent Science II” programme (Poland)