Translation, Interpreting & Culture 2025

Translators, Interpreters, and Society

Organized by

  • Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
  • Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia
  • Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Institute of Slovak Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Local organising committee

  • Marián Kabát (Comenius University)
  • Patrícia Hatirová (Matej Bel University)
  • Marianna Bachledová (Matej Bel University)
  • Matej Laš (Matej Bel University)
  • Zuzana Hudáková (Comenius University)
  • Lucia Tonková (Comenius University)

Scientific committee

  • Esperança Bielsa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
  • Renée Desjardins (Ecole de traduction – School of Translation | Études canadiennes – Canadian Studies Université de Saint-Boniface)
  • Anthony Pym (University of Melbourne)
  • Łucja Biel (University of Warsaw)
  • Daniele Monticelli (Tallinn University)
  • David Orrego-Carmona (University of Warwick)
  • Paola Gentile (Universitá degli Studi di Trieste)
  • Oleksandr Kalnychenko (V.N.Karazin Kharkiv)
  • Susan Bassnett (University of Warwick, University of Glasgow)
  • Jan Pedersen (The Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies, Sweden)
  • Andrew Chesterman (University of Helsinki)
  • Ondřej Klabal (University of Olomouc)
  • Christopher Rundle (University of Bologna, University of Manchester)
  • Jorge Díaz-Cintas (University College London)
  • Elena Di Giovanni (University of Macerata)
  • Luc Van Doorslaer (University of Tartu / KU Leuven)
  • Carmen Valero Garcés (University of Alcalá)
  • Ivana Čeňková (Charles University)
  • Soňa Hodáková (Constantine the Philosopher University)
  • David Mráček (Charles University)
  • Leonid Chernovatyi ((V.N.Karazin Kharkiv)
  • Daniela Müglová (Constantine the Philosopher University)
  • Katarína Bednárová (Comenius University / Slovak Academy of Sciences)
  • Markéta Štefková (Comenius University)

Featured Talks & Speakers

Renée Desjardins

Luc van Doorslaer

Ivana Čeňková

Our Sponsors

If you’re interested in sponsoring TIC 2025, please contact us for more information. We’re on hand to create a package that meets your needs, so do not hesitate to get in touch at: registration@tic-conference.eu.

The conference is a partial output of the following grants:

VEGA 2/0092/23 Translation and Translating as a Part of the Slovak Cultural Space History and Present. Transformations of Form, Status and Functions: Texts, Personages, Institutions.

VEGA 1/0214/24 Obraz prekladateľov a tlmočníkov v spoločnosti/The image of translators and interpreters in society.

APVV-23-0539 Príprava prekladateľov a tlmočníkov na budúcnosť: Zriadenie znalostnej platformy pre poskytovateľov jazykových služieb na Slovensku/Future-Proofing Translators and Interpreters: Establishing a Knowledge Platform for Language Professionals in Slovakia.

VEGA 1/0113/23 Špecifiká lokalizácie softvérových produktov v jazykovom páre slovenčina – angličtina/Localization of Software Products Specifics in the Slovak – English Language Pair.

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