"IoT – Transformative Technological Phenomena in the 21st Century"
The 1st Joint International Conferences on New Literacies, Translation, Multilingualism, Education, Literature and Malay Studies 2018 is a multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary event that will bring together researchers, educators, scholars, instructors, practitioners, activists and graduate students from around the world. This joint international conference includes research, pedagogy and practice about diverse issues in 21st century competencies in language, literacy, translation, education and culture. The participants in this conference will be involved in a local and global dialogue and exchange of ideas, research and experiences on the themes of the event.
SELECTED papers will be published in Scopus-Indexed Publications |
Keynote SpeakerMark Shuttleworth, PhD University College London (UCL)
Mark Shuttleworth has been involved in translation studies research and teaching since 1993, first at the University of Leeds, then at Imperial College London, where for many years he was course leader of the MSc in Scientific, Technical and Medical Translation with Translation Technology, and now at University College London. His publications include the Dictionary of Translation Studies, as well as articles on metaphor in translation, translation technology, Wikipedia translation, translator training and medical translation. His monograph on scientific metaphor in translation was published in 2017 and he is also currently working on a second edition of the Dictionary. He studied at the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham and has a PhD from the University of London. He is a fluent speaker of Russian, German, Polish and French and has some knowledge of a number of other languages. As and when time permits he is active as a translator. |