Translation Conferences 2019
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Since a couple of years ago I publish an overview of translation conferences in the upcoming year. This year I proudly present to you the translation conferences 2019 edition – made possible by hundreds of volunteers who dedicate a huge amount of time to organize the best translation conferences in the world. This translation conferences overview is only a non-exhaustive list, meant to help you find a translation conference in your neighbourhood (or somewhat further away if you love to travel).
Why should you attend a translation conference in 2019?
The job of translators is highly interesting, but a bit lonely. Attending a translation conference might help you to learn new things and to connect to colleagues in real life. Most of the conferences are not free, but they are highly rewarding. And in some cases you can earn PE points as well!
I wrote some useful tips for attending translation conferences here.
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I hope to meet you at a translation conference in 2019!
Translation conferences in 2019
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What | Where | When | Website | What | Where | When | Website |
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2019 UNConference | California, USA | 17-19 January 2019 | Visit website |
Lenguas 2019 | Mexico City, Mexico | 24-26 January 2019 | Visit website |
AIETI9 | Alicante, Spain | 23-25 January 2019 | Visit website |
Translating Thought/ Translating Literature | Sheffield, UK | 31 January - 1 February 2019 | Visit website |
First Africa International Translation Conference | Nairobi, Kenya | 8-9 February 2019 | Visit website |
Conferência Internacional | Lecce, Italy | 14-16 February 2019 | Visit website |
ELIA Together 2019 | Barcelona, Spain | 21-22 February 2019 | Visit website |
LocWorld 39 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 27-28 February 2019 | Visit website |
tcworld India 2019 | Bangalore, India | 28 February-1 March 2019 | Visit website |
Glendon Graduate Conference in Translation Studies | Toronto, Canada | 2 March 2019 | Visit website |
Trends in Translation and Localization | Köthen, Germany | 11-15 March 2019 | Visit website |
Wordfast Forward 2019 | Sainte-Luce, Martinique | 21-23 March 2019 | Visit website |
GALA Conference 2019 | Munich, Germany | 24-27 March 2019 | Visit website |
Tenth Annual International Translation Conference | Doha ,Qatar | 26-27 March 2019 | Visit website |
ICLCTS 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 27-28 March 2019 | Visit website |
International Conference by EULITA and ALTI | Luxembourg | 28-29 March 2019 | Visit website |
Translation and Localization Conference | Warsaw, Poland | 29-30 March 2019 | Visit website |
XVII th International conference Translation Strategies | Morocco | 9-10 April 2019 | Visit website |
Localization: Bridging Gaps | Tahrir, Egypt | 15-16 April 2019 | Visit website |
ICALTS 2019 | Venice, Italy | 11-12 April 2019 | Visit website |
ICCLMT 2019 | Tokyo, Japan | 22-23 April 2019 | Visit website |
ICCLMT 2019 | Istanbul, Turkey | 7-8 May 2019 | Visit website |
9th Annual CTA Conference | Boulder, U.S.A. | 26-28 April 2019 | Visit website |
ALC Annual Conference | Washington D.C., U.S.A. | 1-4 May 2019 | Visit website |
BP19 Translation Conference | Bologna, Italy | 2-3 May 2019 | Visit website |
14th EUATC Conference | Tallinn, Latvia | 25-26 April 2019 | Visit website |
Annual NETA Conference | Boston, U.S.A. | 4 May 2019 | Visit website |
Translation and the Media | Mashhad, Iran | 4 May 2019 | Visit website |
tcworld China 2019 | Shanghai, China | 30-31 May 2019 | Visit website |
CIUTI Conference 2019 | Melbourne, Australia | 3-5 Juny 2019 | Visit website |
ICIT 2019 | Copenhagen | 11-12 Juny 2019 | Visit website |
TAUS Global Content Conference | Salt Lake City, USA | 27-28 Juny 2019 | Visit website |
EATS3 | Venice, Italy | 28-29 Juny 2019 | Visit website |
IJET-30 | Cairns, Australia | 28-30 Juny 2019 | Visit website |
VI CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL liLETRAd 2019 | Almería, Spain | 3-5 July 2019 | Visit website |
UTICamp-2019 | Dnipro, Ukraine | 22-28 July 2019 | Visit website |
ICCLT 2019 | Rome, Italy | 22-23 July 2019 | Visit website |
Translation Forum Russia 2019 | St. Petersburg, Russia | August 2019 | Visit website |
Machine Translation Summit | Dublin, Ireland | 19-23 August 2019 | Visit website |
EST CONGRESS 2019 | Stellenbosch (South Africa) | 9-13 September 2019 | Visit website |
ICCLST 2019 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 18-19 September 2019 | Visit website |
METM 2019 | Split, Croatia | 26-28 September 2019 | Visit website |
ICIT 2019 | London, UK | 23-24 October 2019 | Visit website |
ATA Conference 2019 | California, USA | 23-26 October 2019 | Visit website |
Translating Europe Forum | Brussels, Belgium | October 2019 | Visit website |
ALTA42 | Rochester, USA | 7-10 November 2019 | Visit website |
Other Translation Conferences in 2019
Organizing translation conferences is a tough job that requires much time and effort. Therefore many annual translations are not yet announced at this point. This overview only lists translation conferences in 2019 that are confirmed. If you know other translation conferences 2019, please share them below in the comments section.
Obi Udeariry
Could you please add the First Africa International Translation Conference being held in Nairobi, Kenya from 8 to 9 February 2019?
Details at https://conference.eaita.org/
Thank you.
Alyona
Hi!
Could you please add the UTICamp-2019 that will take place on July 22-28 in 2019 near Dnipro, Ukraine?
Details here: https://utic.eu/en
Thank you in advance!
Gabriela Ortiz
8th Media 4 All Conference, June 17-19, 2019.
https://www.tolk.su.se/english/media-for-all-8
Thank you!
Caroline Alberoni
Dear Pieter,
This is such a great list! Thanks for taking the time to gather them all in one place!
I couldn’t find two I’m aware of. In case you want to add them, here they are:
ITI Conference: Sheffield, UK, May 10-11 (https://www.iti-conference.org.uk/)
Abrates Conference: São Paulo, Brazil, May 31 – June 2 (https://congresso.abrates.com.br/ – As far as I know, the conference website is being translated into English and should be available soon).
All the best in 2019!
Pieter Beens
Thanks for adding Caroline!
Etienne Lehoux Jobin
http://act-cats.ca/congress/call-for-papers/
32nd Conference of the Canadian Association for Translation Studies
“Material cultures of translation / Cultures matérielles de la traduction / Culturas materiales de la traducción”
University of British Columbia (Canada)
June 2 – 4, 2019
Irene Corchado Resmella
You may want to update the information about EUATCN. Tallinn is in Estonia, not in Latvia.
Thanks for the list!
Ondrej Klabal
Translation and Interpreting Forum Olomouc 2019. More info at tifo.upol.cz
In addition to the content, which is a mixture of academic and professional worlds, Olomouc is a charming city.
So, please spread the word.
Mareille Feiken
Bedankt Pieter! Welke conferentie mag ik niet missen dit jaar en is de moeite waard?
Pieter Beens
Ha Mareille, ik adviseer ELIA Together en de TLC in Warschau.
Ook interessant: GALA en ATA, maar die zijn nogal prijzig.
Irene Renk
Dear Pieter,
Thank you so much for your great work!
I am always looking around to find new conferences or ideas for networking in the translation / localization industry. I have my own event planer in the office where I have been collecting dates and events for the last 2 years:
So, I think these conferences, events I could not find on your list? (At least you can add some details.)
Tekom Frühjahrestagung 2019 – Vienna – 21-22.03.2019 – https://tagungen.tekom.de/f19/startseite/
LATA 2019: 13th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications – St. Petersburg – March 25-29
SFÖ Conference 2019 (Swedish Association of Professional Translators) – Södertälje – 05-07.04.2019
XV ENETI 2019 Sevilla – April 25-26
STC 67th Annual Conference Technical Communication Summit & Expo Denver, USA – May 5-8
NAJIT 40th Annual Conference The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators Nashville, USA – May 17-19
XVI anniversary congress of Asetrad#AsetradXVI tba, Spanien – May
ETUG 2019 – European SDL Trados User Group Düsseldorf – May 28-29
Evolution of TC 2019 Sofia – May 31 -June 1
NZSTI Annual Conference Christchurch, Newsealand – Jun 1-2
LocWorld 40 – Estoril, Portugal – Jun 11-13
Transius Conference 2019 Genf – Jun 18-20
LT Innovate (LT Industry Summit 2019) 8th Language Technology Industry Summit, #LTI19, The Sound of Intelligence Brüssel – Jun 24-25
Termnet – TSS 2019 (International Terminology Summer School) Vienna – July 8-12
WMT19 – fourth conference on Machine Translation Florenz, Italien – Aug 1-2
Translation Forum Russia: Aug 23-25
4th International Translation Technology Summer School – Antwerp Sint-Andries Campus, Belgien – Sept 2-6
ATC Annual Conference 2019 (ATC Language Industry Summit)#atcsummit2019 London, UK, Old Royal Naval College – Sept 19-20
Meet Central Europe, #MCE2019 Prag – Oct, 10-11
LocWorld41 North America – TBD, USA – Nov 6-8
tekom Jahrestagung 2019 / tcworld conference 2019 Stuttgart – Nov. 12-14
TAC – Translator Association of China – China – Nov. ?
InDialog Conference
Theme: The influence of context on interpreter practice, research and training. Antwerpen – Nov. 21-22
41th Annual Translation and the Computer Conference – ASLING TBD – Nov. 21-22
BDÜ Konferenz 2019 Übersetzen und Dolmetschen 4.0 – #BDÜKonf19 – Neue Wege im digitalen Zeitalter – Bonn – Nov 22-24
3. Kölner Konferenz zur Translation und technischen Dokumentation (CGN19) – Köln – Nov.?
Pieter Beens
Hi Irene, thank you very much for this extensive list!
I select the conferences based on their relevance and nature. While an SDL hosted conference could be very interesting, it does not match with my criteria. Hence I leave it out of scope, listing only the somewhat ‘bigger’ or ‘more interesting’ or ‘more international’ conferences. This just as an indication of my selection procedure.
While putting my list together not al dates are confirmed, so often I do not include that conferences until I have more information.
Your list is therefore a great addition!
Roberto Assis
Could you please add the 13th Brazilian Forum of Translators and 7th Internacional Forum of Translators, to be held in João Pessoa, Brazil, from October 7th-11th, 2019?
Alex Marsh
Dear Pieter,
Thanks for sharing such an informative blog about the Translation and Localization events and conferences throughout the world.Keep sharing this type of stuff with us. It will be great to keep reading you. I have also read a fabulous post related to this blog and would like to share – https://aussietranslations.com.au/blog/translation-and-localization-events-and-conferences-throughout-the-world-in-2019/
Camillo
Hello,
thanks for the interesting list of conferences for the 2019.
I would like to add XTM LIVE – The Translation Technology Summit – London – May 20-21st
https://xtm.cloud/live/london-2019/
XTM LIVE is a one-of-a-kind event to take your professional expertise to the next level. Talk to numerous localization specialists from various industries, share innovative ideas and find answers to your problems. Attend this two-day event to benefit from ingenious solutions, thought-provoking panel discussions and dedicated training sessions.
Tanguy Roelens
Hi Peter – could you add the ATC Language Industry Summit?
https://atc.org.uk/events/language-industry-summit/
Many thanks,
Tanguy
Jerzy Czopik
I’d like to add the biggest German conference in November in Bonn;
https://www.uebersetzen-in-die-zukunft.de/
Katrin Herget
Dear Pieter,
would you please add the Conference “Treacherous words: fake news, censorship and the unsayable”, to be held at University of Aveiro, Portugal, 23-25 October 2019.
http://congressocllc2019.web.ua.pt/index.php/en/homepage/
Thank you!
GentVertaalt
Binnenkort in Gent: Taalconfonferentie GentVertaalt 2019. Alle informatie is te vinden op http://www.gentvertaalt.be/blog/taalconferentie-2019/
Aleksey
Hello everyone. Here is our list of key translation and localization events https://www.smartcat.ai/blog/20-key-translation-and-localization-events-for-language-professionals-in-2019/
Cecilia Enbäck
Could you also please add the Nordic Translation Industry Forum (#NTIF2019) in Gothenburg, Sweden 24-26 November 2019
Many thanks!