Venues:

6-7 December 2001 at The University of Hong Kong, and
8 December 2001 at Lingnan University

Working Languages:

English and Chinese
(If the presentation is in a language other than English and Chinese, the presenter needs to supply interpretation or translation.)

The Asian Translators' Forum is a regional conference held once every three years under the auspices of the Federation Internationale des Traducteurs [FIT]. The first Forum was held in Beijing in 1995 and the second in Seoul in 1998.

The Third Forum will comprise sessions in the following formats.

• plenary
• colloquia
• publishers' sessions
• panels for individual
• roundtable discussions

Special book exhibitions on translation studies and Chinese literature translations.

As part of the commemoration of its thirtieth anniversary in 2001, The Hong Kong Translation Society will also be hosting a number of commemorative activities during the Forum.

Objectives
1. to provide an opportunity for translators and translation scholars in the Asian-Pacific region to meet their European and North American counterparts
2. to strengthen the network for practicing translators to exchange experience
3. to build a basis for inter-regional cooperation and foster more joint translation efforts and trans-national translation research
4. to enable researchers in various translation-related fields to present their most recent findings and a selection of scholarly articles from amongst those presented will be published after the Forum

Preliminary Schedule
The Forum will take place between 6 December and 8 December 2001. Sessions on the first two days will be held at The University of Hong Kong and sessions on the last day at Lingnan University. There will be a sightseeing tour of Hong Kong planned for the day after the Forum, subject to demand.

Sub-themes
(1) The Profession of Translator/Interpreter
(2) The Computer and the Translator
(3) Translation and the Law
(4) Teaching Translation
(5) Translation Theory/ Translation Studies
(6) Translation and Publishing

Submission of Abstracts
The Organizing Committee invites submissions of 300-word abstracts on any topic related to the sub-themes of the Forum, though abstracts on all translation-related issues are welcome. Abstracts will be refereed and acceptance of abstracts and papers will be issued. The organization of workshops, colloquia and roundtables sessions focusing on related areas of interest is encouraged. For further information, please contact the Organizing Committee directly. Please forward the topics and abstracts by 28 February, 2001 to:

Dr. Yifeng SUN
c/o Centre for Literature and Translation, Lingnan University
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Fax: (852) 2838-1705
Email:

(E-mail abstracts in MS Word format are preferred.)
The abstracts should include the following:
Submission of Abstracts for the Third Asian Translator's Forum
Name:
Title:
Affiliation:
Correspondence Address:
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
Title of Abstracts:

Important Dates
28 February 2001: Deadline for submission of topics and abstracts
30 April 2001: Participants will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts
1 August 2001: Registration begins.
1 September 2001: Deadline for early registration at a special discount
Second call for papers, with information on keynote and plenary speakers, and hotel accommodation, etc., will be issued in December 2000. For regular updates, please check the website:
http://hkts.org.hk.

General inquiries can also be directed to:
The Hong Kong Translation Society
c/o Centre for Literature and Translation, Lingnan University

Email: , fax(852) 2838-1705
Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong

Email: , fax (852) 2559-3185

Organizers:
The Hong Kong Translation Society
Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong
Centre for Literature and Translation, Lingnan University