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Seminar on building a standard curriculum for sign language interpreters across Europe
efsli working seminar on November 14 & 15 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, was a great success. At the seminar the 75 participants from 23 countries discussed the best practices in the curriculum of sign language interpreter training programmes in Europe.The follow up seminar will take place on 26 & 27 March 2012 at the University of Hamburg, Germany. In the coming months more information will become available.
Sign language and interpreting terminology
«eDITion», an international journal for terminology edited by two associations working on terminology (Deutscher Terminologie-Tag/German Association for Terminology and Deutsches Institut fuer Terminologie/German Institute for Terminology) intends to publish a special issue on “Terminological Aspects in Sign Languages and Sign Language Interpreting”. Previous issues of this six monthly journal can be accessed at http://www.dttev.org/editionmagazin.html.
The publication of the sign language related issue of the journal is scheduled for February 2012, submission deadline for articles (in German or English) will be mid November 2011.
The proposed special issue offers an opportunity to publish a peer reviewed article and contribute to a collection of topic specific papers that will promote further discussions in the field of sign language terminology for all concerned with issues of interpreting technical terms, developing new signs for (existing) technical terms (in spoken languages), terminological aspects of sign languages, and the lexicology of technical signs. Furthermore, the special issue is a welcome opportunity to make a range of theoretical and practical aspects of sign language terminology accessible to experts in the general field of terminology who have not been aware of specific sign language issues so far.
The proposals for sign language related contributions to the special issue on terminology should be sent to Teiner Konrad (Reiner.Konrad@sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de).
efsli Trainers’ Seminar 2012
The Department of Translation Studies at the University of Graz is honoured to host the efsli Trainers’ Seminar from 17-19 September 2012: Sign Language Interpreter Training: An Integrated Approach.
The efsli Trainers’ Seminar aims at establishing an exchange of information for all professionals involved in sign language interpreter training, and initiating a discussion process on new and innovative approaches to the training of sign language interpreters. As the Department of Translation Studies at the University of Graz is a training institution for both spoken and signed language interpreters offering courses for community, conference, liaison, and court interpreting, the Seminar will focus on the question of mutual benefits in curriculum planning and teaching methodology: an integrated approach.
The symposium will provide plenary papers as well as workshops on a selected set of topics.
Call for papers
Experts who might be interested in giving a plenary paper or leading a workshop at the Seminar are invited to submit a suggestion for a topic (title and 200-300 word abstract). Proposals should be sent by 31 January 2012 to: itat@uni-graz.at (Subject: efsli Seminar).
Nadja Grbic
Acting Head of Department
http://www.uni-graz.at/itat/
EU operating grant for efsli
The efsli application to the EU Jean Monnet Programme for 2011 has been approved. This is the second year that efsli has been awarded with this operating grant. The operating grant is for daily operations of efsli and will support a large part of all the efsli activities, plans and board work. With the operating grant efsli will be able to ensure the ongoing daily work of efsli. The EU will still provide efsli with detailed feedback on the application, which will explain which parts of the application have been approved or which have been adjusted. The efsli board will keep the membership updated on the progress of carrying out the grant and all activities that are involved.
First general assembly of EULITA
The first general assembly of EULITA (European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association, www.eulita.eu) was held on March 27 in Hannover, Germany. The entire EULITA board was reelected and the membership also agreed to coopt Maya de Wit, the president of efsli, for one year.
IISE project
Training Sign Language Interpreters - International Settings (IISE), a multinational EU-funded project, has resulted in a comprehensive course material package for educational purposes called "Sign Language Interpreting in International Settings".
Read more here.
efsli2011 conference registration is now open
Please visit the conference website www.efsli2011.org for registration. Early bird registration deadline is April 15. Become efsli individual member to receive a discount of the registration fee.
EUMASLI 2.0 to start in autumn 2011
The deadline for applications to the second round of the EUMASLI programme is April 15th, 2011. For more information please visit EUMASLI website www.eumasli.eu.
Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory (FEAST)
The first meeting of the ‘Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory’ (FEAST) colloquium will take place at the University of Venice on June 20-22, 2011. FEAST aims at becoming a regular forum to discuss formal approaches to sign language grammar (in particular in the generative tradition), experimental approaches to sign languages, and their interaction. Tentatively, the 2012 ‘FEAST’ should be organized by the University of Göttingen.
The keynote speakers of Venice FEAST will be:
Karen Emmorey (San Diego State University)
Gaurav Mathur (Gallaudet University)
Markus Steinbach (University of Göttingen)
The official languages of the conference will be English and ASL. ASL/English interpreting will be provided.
More information here: http://virgo.unive.it/venicefeast/
SIGN5
The fifth conference in the SIGN conference series will take place at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, on 21-23 October 2011. More information on the conference website.
efsli winter school 2011
efsli winter school in Nitra, Slovakia was a great success. The theme of the school was Performing Arts Interpreting and the trainer was Zane Hema. The school was hosted by EFFETA. More impressions about the winter school soon.
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