Held at Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty
2026-04-05
You are warmly invited to participate in the young researchers’ conference on translation “TELL ME MORE”, which will take place on May 5, 2026, at the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University (Muitinės str. 8, Kaunas, Lithuania) and online (Microsoft Teams). The conference is open to BA, MA, and PhD students as well as early-career researchers. Participants are invited to present their research, share insights, and engage in discussions on current theoretical and practical issues in translation.
Conference languages: Lithuanian and English.
Length of presentations: 20 minutes in total (15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion).
Participation is free of charge.
Important dates
Registration deadline – April 5, 2026
Confirmation of acceptance – April 14, 2026
Conference programme – April 21, 2026
Thematic Areas and Topics
Thematic areas:
- Audiovisual Translation: Theory and Practice
- Multimodality and Intersemiotic Translation
- Literary Translation
- Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting
- Sign Language Interpreting
- Translation Teaching and Learning
- Translation and Accessibility
- Translation and Technology
Suggested topics for presentations:
- Artificial Intelligence and Translation Practice: Opportunities and Risks
- Ethics and Responsibility in the Use of AI in Translation
- Machine Translation Quality Assessment: Methods and the Role of the Human Translator
- Post-Editing Strategies and Translator’s Cognitive Load
- Translation as Ideological and Cultural Mediation
- Translation in the Contexts of Crisis and Geopolitical Conflict
- Localization and Linguistic Adaptation of Digital Products
- Video Games and Interactive Media Translation
- Translation Pedagogy and Competence Development in the Age of AI
- Translator’s Professional Identity and Labour Market Transformations
- Methodology in Translation Research: Product- and Process-Oriented Studies
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Translation Practice
- Translation of Literary Works
- Screen Adaptations of Literary Works
- Open Topic: Original Research Proposals in Translation Studies
Registration
The registration form is available here.
Scientific Committee
- Assoc. Prof. Jurgita Astrauskienė;
- Lect. Indrė Bagdžiūtė;
- PhD. Stud. Brigita Brasienė;
- Lect. Livija Grikietis;
- Prof. Danguolė Satkauskaitė.
Organizing Committee
- Smiltė Butkutė
- Viktorija Krivošejenko
- Kristina Makovskaja
- Agnė Markulytė
- Nedas Romanovas
- Miglė Skudžinskaitė
- Samanta Tamaliūnaitė
- Orestas Vaitekūnas
- Akvilė Varpiotaitė
