4. The Maastricht Session (19-22 May, 2010)
ANNOUNCEMENT
AND
CALL FOR PAPERS
FOR
The Maastricht Session of the
5th International Maastricht-Lódz Duo Colloquium on
“Translation and Meaning”
Maastricht (The Netherlands), 19 – 22 May 2010
Department of Translation and Interpreting
Maastricht School of International Communication
Papers are invited for the Maastricht session of the 5th International Maastricht-Łódź Duo Colloquium on “Translation and Meaning” (19 – 22 May, 2010). The Maastricht session of this Duo Colloquium will be organised by the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the Maastricht School of International Communication (Zuyd University) in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
The 2010 Maastricht session will be geared towards practice, and will deal with the practical aspects of the central theme of the Duo Colloquium and the sub-themes suggested for it.
Participation is open to translators/translation companies, interpreters, teachers of translation/ interpreting, linguists, terminologists, terminographers, computer specialists, lexicographers, publishers, etc. The number of participants is limited to 120.
Venue for the Maastricht session:
The Maastricht Session will take place in the buildings of Zuyd Hogeschool at Brusselseweg 150 in Maastricht (see picture below).
Main building Zuyd University Maastricht
Abstracts:
Participants intending to give a paper should send a 300-400 words double-spaced camera ready abstract by 1 MARCH 2010 (extended deadline) to the Chairman/Scientific Secretary of the Maastricht Organising Committee.
Abstracts should be sent as an attachment by e-mail in MSWord 2003 or 2007. Abstracts should contain the title of the paper, name(s) and affiliation(s) with complete postal address and e-mail address of the author(s), and, in the top right corner, the sub-theme (see above) that the paper covers.
The Maastricht Organising Committee will reply by the end of March 2010.
Deadline for abstracts:
Extended deadline: 1 MARCH 2010
Working languages:
The working languages of the Maastricht session will be English, French and German. Papers may be given, and abstracts submitted, in any of these languages. The Maastricht session will be rather informal, thus giving all participants the opportunity to exchange ideas.
Provisional programme:
The official opening of the Maastricht session will take place on Wednesday 19 May between 5 and 6 pm. It will be followed by a reception and a buffet. The Thursday, Friday and Saturday programme of the Maastricht session will run from the morning of Thursday 20 May 2010 to approximately 3 pm. on Saturday 22 May 2010.
Individual lectures will be of 30 minutes, followed by about 10 minutes of discussion.
The programme and format of the various presentations are dependent on the number of participants attending and may be altered accordingly.
Participants will receive the final programme and the volume of abstracts on registration.
The Maastricht session will be rather informal, thus giving all participants ample opportunity to exchange ideas.
Plenary papers:
There will be a number of plenary papers, to be announced later.
Proceedings:
A selection of contributions will be published in the form of proceedings as Translation and Meaning, Part 9 in the Translation and Meaning series (editors Marcel Thelen and Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk). Contributors should focus their paper on the central theme of the overall Duo Colloquium, i.e. “Translation and Meaning”.
Authors whose papers have been accepted for inclusion will receive a style guide for the preparation of a camera-ready version. The proceedings of the Maastricht session will be published after the session.
One free copy of the proceedings for authors:
Authors whose paper has been accepted for inclusion in the proceedings will receive 1 free copy of the proceedings of the Maastricht session.
Social programme:
The social programme will include an opening reception and buffet on Wednesday 19 May and conference dinner on Thursday 20 May. The full and final social programme will be announced later.
Registration and congress fee:
General information:
The fee for participation is € 350 NET for the entire Maastricht session of the Duo Colloquium, i.e. Wednesday 19 May through Saturday 22 May (i.e. bank/transfer charges are NOT INCLUDED). This includes registration, the academic programme, the social programme, a copy of the abstracts, all other documentation, the opening reception on Wednesday 19 May 2010, and all lunches and coffee break refreshments from Thursday 20 May – Saturday 22 May 2010, but not accommodation or a copy of the proceedings.
To register:
Please complete the final registration form below. Registration is only complete when payment has been made.
Payment Procedure
The registration fees are managed by the congress organisers. Accommodation must be paid directly to the preferred hotel (see below under “accommodation”).
Payment of registration fees must be made in Euros by bank transfer, cheque or by credit card. Only the following credit card is accepted: VISA
- Payment by bank transfer:
Please transfer the appropriate total amount due to:
| Bank: | SNS Bank Heerlen, Geerstraat 22, NL-6411 NR Heerlen |
| IBAN: | NL86SNSB0866768688 |
| BIC (= SWIFT code): | SNSBNL2A |
| account number: | 86.67.68.688 |
| Att. of: | Hogeschool Zuyd Maastricht; Fac. IC: project nr:46000 |
| Stating: | Congress 2010 |
- Payment by credit card:
For payment by credit card please fill in a remittance form (see Remittance Form). Print it and e-mail it to the address indicated. For payment by credit card 5% of the total fees should be added to the amount due.
Cancellation Policy:
All cancellations must be sent to the congress organisers in writing by letter or fax.
50% of the congress registration fee will be reimbursed after the Maastricht session, if the cancellation has been effected by 7 May 2010 at the latest. Unfortunately, after this date no reimbursement is possible.
Substitutions for confirmed delegates may be made up to two working days before the start of the Maastricht session. All refunds will be made after the Congress has taken place.
Special website:
For more information about the 2010 Duo Colloquium and for information about previous Duo Colloquiums and the content of the previous proceedings, please visit our special website: www.translation-and-meaning.nl
Accommodation:
Participants should book their accommodation themselves. Accommodation can be booked on-line or via the Maastricht Tourist Office.
For direct online booking:
Contacting the Maastricht Tourist Office:
 Maastricht Tourist Office |
Kleine Staat 1
6211 ED Maastricht The Netherlands http://www.vvvmaastricht.eu info@vvvmaastricht.nl tel.: 0031 43 3 25 21 21 fax: 0031 43 3 21 37 46 |
Useful links:
www.maastricht.nl (City of Maastricht)
www.ns.nl (Dutch Railways)
www.maa.nl (Maastricht-Aachen Airport)
www.klm.nl (KLM – Royal Dutch Airlines)
Important dates:
1 December 2009: deadline for abstracts
- · Please register via online registration form.
REGISTRATION FORM
Download Remittance Form
REGISTRATION FORM
FOR
The Maastricht session of the
5th International Maastricht-Łódź Duo Colloquium on
“Translation and Meaning”
Maastricht (The Netherlands), 19 – 22 May 2010
Please complete the form below (in block letters or typewritten) and return it to:
| Ms Deniz Gundogmus-Durmaz (secretary of the Maastricht Organising Committee) |
| Maastricht School of International Communication Zuyd University |
| P.O. Box 634 |
| 6200 AP Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| FAX: + 31 43 346 6609 |
| TEL: + 31 43 346 6432 |
| e-mail: d.durmaz@hszuyd.nl |