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SCREENIT 2010
The changing face of screen translation

20-22 OCTOBER 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

ScreenIt 2010 is one of the many conferences and workshops being held in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Bologna’s prestigious Advanced School in Modern Languages for Translators and Interpreters (Forl&igrave, which, by a singular twist of fate, also happens to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the city’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Languages, Translation and Cultures.

The early ninetieth witnessed the birth of audiovisual translation research in Italy, (and we like to think, in Europe as a whole) with the 1993 conference that brought together scholars and practitioners from across Europe. This first conference gave life to a whole new area of research. Since then, through the interaction of professionals and researchers, Forlì has hosted several international conferences as well as a series of EU funded summer schools in collaboration with seven European universities and a Master’s programme dedicated to Screen Translation. However, most of all, Forlì is well known for its thriving cutting edge research in screen translation. With ScreenIt 2010, the Forlì research group, in collaboration with Elena Di Giovanni from the University of Macerata, aims at updating and refreshing ideas twenty years on.

We encourage proposals for presentations (20 minutes + questions) and posters on all areas of Screen Translation.

Topics for presentations may include, but are not restricted to the following:

new audiences, new research and new translation practices
methodology in interdisciplinary screen translation research
accessibility and its impact on the audience
the changing face of dubbing and subtitling
new technologies in audiovisual translation
localization of video games
the perception of screen translation
teamwork, crowd-sourcing and the future of screen translation

The languages of the conference are English and Italian.

The conference will also feature the following workshops:

Audio description (Pilar Orero)
Subtitling for the Deaf and HOH (Joselia Neves)
Voice Over (Ahmad Khuddro)
Translating audiovisual texts for children (Elena Di Giovanni)

Venue
Forlì (address to be confirmed)

Keynote Speakers
Giorgio Gosetti (film critic, film festival director)
Joan Greening (Royal National Institute of the Blind)
Serafino Murri (dubbing expert, film director)
Minako O’Hagan (Dublin City University)

Conference Organisers
Prof. Rosa Maria Bollettieri (University of Bologna)
Prof. Delia Chiaro (University of Bologna)
Dott. Elena Di Giovanni (University of Macerata)

Organizing Office: Dott. Linda Rossato (University of Bologna)

Submission of Abstracts for Individual Presentations

Abstracts of 300-500 words should be sent by 15 April 2010 to: screenit2010@sslmit.unibo.it
Notification of acceptance will be given by 15 May 2010.

Registration

Full Conference Rate (3 Days, inclusive of refreshments and lunch)

Early Registration (by 15 July 2010) € 200
Late Registration € 280
Workshops € 70 (120 for 2)

Students, Early Registration € 70
Students, Late Registration € 100

Conference Dinner € 40

Important Dates

Submission of abstracts: 15 April 2010
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 15 May 2010
Early Registration: 15 July 2010