Fourth CTER Congress 2025

Following the three CTER Congresses held in the years 2016, 2019 and 2022, the 4th CTER Congress will be held with the aim to explore human added value and new, emerging concepts of translation in an age of a technology-driven global LSP industry offering largely outsourced, time-saving and cost-effective language services involving a wide spectrum of forms and types of translation. 

Paradoxically, and contrary to numerous voices of concern, the increasing automation of translation processes seems to be foregrounding the need for (re-)positioning human language mediators to maximise their value-adding potential which manifests itself in the now largely desired transferable, adaptive, (inter-)personal service-provision skills which are necessary for effective interaction not only with the stakeholders in the LSP industry but also the relevant technologies, e.g. AI.

The conference will be held on-site at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. The main language of the conference is English but some papers (in dedicated sessions) may be delivered in Polish (subject to interest).
A selection of the best papers will be published in an acclaimed Translation Studies journal in 2026/2027. That is why, authors interested in having their article published in the journal will be asked to submit the full version by 31 May 2025.

Important dates: 

Abstract submission: by 31 Oct 2024 

Acceptance notification: 30 Nov 2024 

Registration/payment: 1 Dec 2024 – 15 Jan 2025 

Submission of full papers: 31 May 2025 

Paper publication: 2026/27