• CfP

Media landscapes do not remain linguistically stable but are in a state of constant development. Some languages and language varieties come to the fore, take on new functions, conquer new media domains, others are pushed back, lose visibility and importance, or change their roles. Depending on places, as well as speakers and media, the relations between first and heritage languages, second and foreign languages, diglossia, varieties, dialects, regiolects and ethnolects, dominant and endangered languages present themselves in broad and multifaceted, and often also ambiguous ways.

In the context of translation studies, prominently active at the interface between media and languages, this linguistic diversity has always posed a special challenge. In addition to written, audiovisual and audio formats, hypermedia and interactive text types have increasingly become the focus of interest in recent years. How might a regiolect appear appropriately in a film subtitle? Are dialect songs really untranslatable? What should be considered when translating multilingual graphic novels and computer games? What role do dialect inserts play in advertising and how could these be translated?

These and similar questions are in the focus of the 9^th MMDT conference, organised from May 17-18, 2024, at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. MMDT (MultiMeDialecTranslation) is a cyclical interdisciplinary conference, focussing on the interface of linguistics, media, communication, and translation studies, and has been organized since 2002 in various countries.

You are kindly invited to submit a conference abstract to the 9th international MMDT conference. Relevant topic areas of the conference include, but are not limited to the translation of plurilingualism and language varieties

in different audiovisual formats (e.g., feature films, animation, documentaries) and on stage (e.g., theatre, opera, songs, comedy shows)

• in comics and graphic novels
• in the context of marketing (e.g., glocalization) and language policies.
• in the context of pluricentric languages such as English, Spanish, French or German
• in the context of translations for a visually or audially impaired public (AD, SDH, Sign language, Braille)
• in computer and video games, in interactive fiction
• in different kinds of hypertexts and interactive communication

We welcome contributions in English, Polish and German.

Abstracts are expected by January 31, 2024.

• Confirmed keynotes

Prof. Lukas Bleichenbacher St. Gallen University of Teacher Education, Institute for Language Teacher Education, St Gallen, Switzerland

https://www.phsg.ch/de/team/prof-dr-lukas-bleichenbacher

Prof. Mikołaj Deckert Łódź University, Department of Translation Studies and Language Pedagogy, Łódź, Poland

https://www.uni.lodz.pl/en/employee/mikolaj-deckert

Prof. Tomasz Wicherkiewicz Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Oriental Languages, Department of Language Policy and Studies on Minority Languages, Poznań, Poland

http://orient.amu.edu.pl/moj-profil/?uid=106

• Local Organizing Committee

Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Institute of Applied Linguistics, Department of  Culture and Media Didactics

Prof. Camilla Badstübner-Kizik

https://ils.amu.edu.pl/strona-glowna/zaklady/zaklad-dydaktyki-kultury-i-mediow

Dr. Marta Bąkiewicz

Dr. Elżbieta Dziurewicz

Dr. Gabriela Gorąca-Sawczyk

Dr. Marta Janachowska-Budych

• Conference Fee

PhD students: 80 EUR / 360 zł

The conference fee covers:

• Conference materials
• Banquet (May 17th 2024, drinks not included)
• Two days conference catering

• Submission deadline for papers and posters
• January 31, 2024

• Notification of acceptance for papers and posters
• February 29, 2024 

• Registration deadline
• March 31, 2024

• Final conference programme
• April 15, 2024

• How to get to Poznan?

Here you’ll find information in English how to get to Poznań by plane, train or car: https://poznan.travel/en/r/biznes/poznan-jak-dojechac

• The conference venue

Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland

Institute of Applied Linguistics

Collegium Novum, Al. Niepodległości 4

61-874 Poznań

https://ils.amu.edu.pl/

• Public transport in Poznań

How to move around the city?

Please check on the following websites in English:

https://poznan.travel/en/r/jak-dojechac/komunikacja-miejska-w-poznaniu

https://jakdojade.pl/POZNAN/trasa

• Accommodation in Poznań

accommodation in poznan

• Places to visit in Poznań

https://poznan.travel/en/c/warto-zobaczyc (overview + detailed information)

MMDT Archive

• MMDT8 2021 Kaunas (LT)

https://www.knf.vu.lt/en/research/scientific-events/18-en/science/2460-multimedialectranslation-8-dialect-translation-in-multimedia

https://www.knf.vu.lt/dokumentai/MMDT_Programme.pdf

• Previous MMDT conferences (from 2007)

https://mmdtgroup.wordpress.com/