Department of English and American Studies
Translation and Interpreting Section
Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

is pleased to invite you to the

Translation and Interpreting Forum Olomouc 2024

"Technological turn in translator and interpreter training"

October 10–12, 2024

Since 2011, when it was held for the first time, the Translation and Interpreting Forum Olomouc has established itself as an open platform which is not limited only to an academic exchange within translation and interpreting studies research but embraces discussion with all players in the field of cross-language communication (see archive for TIFO 2022, 2019, 2017, 2014, 2012, 2011).

The 2024 conference theme Technological turn in translator and interpreter training would like to adress the issues of educating and training translators/interpreters in the “Age of AI”. The featured guest speakers for TIFO 2024 are Kilian Seeber (Université de Genève) and Gary Massey (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). We welcome proposals addressing, without limitation, the following topics:

  • A competent translator in the age of AI
  • The role of AI in training: costs and benefits
  • Shocks and shifts in the T&I market
  • Aligning the use of T&I technologies in the classroom and in the field
  • Leveraging the big data: LLMs, corpora, NMT, terminology management…
  • Fostering critical thinking in the times of AI 
  • The role of traditional methods: pen and paper gone for good?
  • Developing human added value in language services
  • Cooperative learning in and outside the classroom
  • Post-editing NMT: best practices and efficient training
  • Digital literacy of trainers and trainees: match, or mismatch?

Selected papers are to be published in a peer-reviewed thematic volume. Publications from previous TIFO conferences are available here: 2022, 2019, 2017, 2014, 2012, 2011. See also OMLM Vol. 4 on TQA (in Czech).

It is possible to apply with a paper, presentation or poster. The deadline for abstracts is May 31, 2024. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by June 15, 2024.

Detailed Programme:

Detailed programme of the conference will be available when the call for papers has been closed and the abstract review process finished.

Venue:

The conference will take place at the Faculty of Arts, Křížkovského 10, Olomouc (see on Google Maps).

Registration:

Please fill in the electronic registration form here (speakers are to include an abstract of 250 words). The conference fee is 100 EUR / 2,500 CZK.
Registration deadline for presenting participants is May 31, 2024. Registration deadline for audience is May 31, 2024. 

Organising Committee:

Ondřej Klabal
Pavel Král
Michal Kubánek
Ondřej Molnár
Hana Pavlisová
Michaela Trlifajová
Josefína Zubáková

Contact:

Hana Pavlisová
Department of English and American Studies
Faculty of Arts, Palacký University
Křížkovského 10, Olomouc 771 80
Phone: +420 776 105 717
e-mail: tifo@upol.cz

About the City of Olomouc:

Olomouc is the capital of the region of Central Moravia and belongs to the oldest cities of the Czech Republic. The region is distinguished for its agriculture, industry and beautiful countryside, as well as its historical and cultural traditions. The city dates back to the ninth century, when it was a power centre of the Great Moravian Kingdom, the oldest Slavonic state. Today Olomouc has above 100,000 inhabitants and its long history makes it one of the most beautiful cities of the Czech Republic, mainly due to its well preserved historical inner city (after Prague, second largest in the Czech Republic). More…

About Palacký University:

Olomouc is the capital of the region of Central Moravia and belongs to the oldest cities of the Czech Republic. The region is distinguished for its agriculture, industry and beautiful countryside, as well as its historical and cultural traditions. The city dates back to the ninth century, when it was a power centre of the Great Moravian Kingdom, the oldest Slavonic state. Today Olomouc has above 100,000 inhabitants and its long history makes it one of the most beautiful cities of the Czech Republic, mainly due to its well preserved historical inner city (after Prague, second largest in the Czech Republic). More…

About us:

Translation courses have been taught at the Department of English and American studies for decades. In response to general demand for a specialized major in translation studies, a B.A. study programme English for Translation and Interpreting opened and accepted first students in 2007. Since then the M.A. programme has been accredited as well, opening for the first undergraduates in 2011. The Translation and Interpreting Section is a young team of academics seeking to train a new generation of professionals ready to answer the challenges of the translation and interpreting trade. Major support for building the new study programmes came from the EU grants. More…