The Department of Al-Alsun of the Faculty of Al-Alsun and Mass Communication organized its 1st international conference on “Recent Trends in Translation Technology,” on April 6-7, 2019.
The conference provided a forum for the discussion of the impact of recent technologies on the translation profession by bringing together scholars, practitioners and translation industry professionals. Professor Lynne Bowker of the University of Ottawa in Canada and Professor Mikel Forcada of the University of Alicant in Spain delivered the two keynote talks.
The conference covered a number of topics including computer-aided translation (CAT) tools, localization tools, translation memory software, online translation, multimedia, hypermedia and audiovisual translations, computer-aided interpreting (CAI), quality assurance tools, and translator education and training in translation technology. In addition to the plenary talks, the conference offered paper and panel presentations, workshops, and an exhibition of commercial products. The Faculty of Al-Alsun and Mass Communication also launched its Center of Excellence in Translation and Localization which aims at enhancing capacity building through training in translation technologies and promoting research in the fields of translation and localization.
