Pre-Conference Workshops

 

Pre-Conference Workshop Registration Conditions

  1. Eligibility: Pre-conference workshops are free of charge, but registration is restricted to participants who have completed payment of the IATIS8 conference registration fees. Only confirmed and paid conference participants are eligible to register for the workshops.
  2. Limited Capacity: Each workshop has a limited number of seats as determined by its convenors. Registration closes automatically when capacity is reached.
  3. Registration Limit: Each participant may register for a maximum of two workshops only.
  4. Registration Basis: Registration is processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Early registration is strongly encouraged.
  5. Registration Period: Registration remains open until all seats are filled or the announced deadline. Late or incomplete registrations will not be accepted.
  6. Others: Participants should bring their laptops.

Workshops Details

Workshop 1

Time: 10:00–12:00 pm

Title: Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal or If Your Eyes Could Speak

Convenor: Joel Snyder (American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project)

Participants: 15

Workshop 2

Time: 10:00–12:00 pm

Title: Low-tech collaborative multilingual translation with TraduXio

Convenors: Philippe Lacour and Isabel Medeiros Müller (University of Brasilia)

Participants: 20

Workshop 3

Time: 10:00–12:00 pm

Title: Publishing in International Journals: A Workshop for Early Career Researchers

Convenors: Abdel-Wahab Khalifa and Piotr Blumczynski (Queen's University Belfast)

Participants: 25 (Early-stage researchers, PhD candidates, post-docs)

Workshop 4

Time: 1:00–3:00 pm

Title: A Workshop on Gamification in Translation and Interpreting Education

Convenor: Nermin Al Sharman (Middle East University)

Participants: 15

Workshop 5

Time: 1:00–3:00 pm

Title: Post-Editing MT and LLM outputs with a focus on metaphor

Convenors: Khadidja Merakchi and Juliette Rutherford (Heriot-Watt University), Khetam Al Sharou (Dublin City University)

Participants: 30