Call for papers ENCall for Papers International Conference SELF-TRANSLATION IN CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS Padua, 13-14 February 2025 Self-translation has only recently emerged as a separate research field within Translation Studies. Yet it has proved a fertile and promising one, constantly evolving and expanding. Similarly, translation for children and young people has attracted growing scholarly attention over the last twenty years and developed into a research area in its own right. However, studies at the crossroads of the two disciplines are still lacking, although some authors do self-translate in children’s and Young Adult (YA) literature. Even when they are not involved as translators, authors are sometimes invited to take part in the translation process, thus affecting it and contributing to the publishing project in a hybrid, complex way. This conference seeks to broaden the horizons of translation studies in the context of children’s and YA literature by opening it up to self-translation, a phenomenon that needs to be investigated from both a translation and publishing perspective. Since avant-textes play a crucial role in the study of translation as a process, we particularly encourage research combining self-translation, translation for young people, and genetic translation studies. As a translingual and transcultural phenomenon, self-translation can also qualify as transcreation, thus allowing for a redefinition of this concept. We welcome proposals that address self-translation in books for children and YA from different perspectives. Possible topics may include (but are not limited to): - Self-translation as an editorial phenomenon, including the role of the paratext(s) (peri-, epi- or hypotext) within its definition and evolution. - Differences and similarities in translation approaches when self-translating for young people and for adults. - Self-translation from a translation perspective: approaches, strategies, and possible macro-differences with allo-translation. - Self-translation and genetic translation studies. - Self-translation and transcreation. Scientific Committee Sara Amadori – Università degli Studi di Bergamo Simona Anselmi – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano Begoña Arbulu Barturen – Università degli Studi di Padova Gloria Bazzocchi – Università degli Studi di Bologna Virginie Douglas – Université de Rouen Adele d’Arcangelo – Università degli Studi di Bologna Chiara Elefante – Università degli Studi di Bologna Alessandra Ferraro – Università degli Studi di Udine Eva Gentes – Independent scholar Rainier Grutman – University of Ottawa Valeria Illuminati – Università degli Studi di Bologna Mathilde Lévêque – Université Paris 13 - Sorbonne Paris Cité Roberta Pederzoli – Università degli Studi di Bologna Mirella Piacentini – Università degli Studi di Padova Fabio Regattin – Università degli Studi di Udine Beatrice Spallaccia – Università degli Studi di Bologna Raffaella Tonin – Università degli Studi di Bologna Trish Van Bolderen – BolderWords Organising Committee Roberta Pederzoli Mirella Piacentini Fabio Regattin Abstract submission Abstracts (300-400 words, TNR 12) in the language of the presentation should include the following information:
Abstracts should be submitted to the conference website https://youngselftrans.sciencesconf.org/. All submissions are blind reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee. Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than July 15, 2024. Presentations Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute discussion. All proposals accepted for and presented at the conference must be in one of the following languages: French, Italian, Spanish, or English. Publication Selected papers will be published. Further information will be provided at the end of the conference. Deadlines Launch of the call for papers: 27 January 2024 Deadline for abstract submission to the sciencesCONF platform (https://youngselftrans.sciencesconf.org/): 8 June 2024 Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2024 For more information, please visit the conference website at https://youngselftrans.sciencesconf.org/.
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