INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE


LANGUAGE-THE RAW MATERIAL FOR BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN PEOPLE AND CULTURES

LIMBA-PUNTE DE LEGĂTURĂ ÎNTRE OAMENI ŞI CULTURI

ORGANIZER: The Department of Foreign Languages and Communication - Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest

FRIDAY 24 MAY 2013

Organizing committee:
Prof. ZOIA MANOLESCU PhD – Director
Prof. MIHAELA Şt. RĂDULESCU PhD
Assoc. Prof.  MARINELA NISTEA PhD

MAIN SECTIONS:
1. Sciences vs. Humanities:  Discourse Specificity

2. Technical Language As a Tool of Professional and Academic Communication

3. Cultural Studies, Translation and Interpreting

SUB-SECTIONS:

1. Linguistics (for Technical Communication)
2. Technical Language and Terminology
3. Technical/Scientific Translation and Interpretation
4. Applied Linguistics
5. Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research
6. Miscellanea

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

1. Ileana Orlich –Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Arizona State University; Honorary Consul General of Romania in Arizona, USA
E-mail: orlich@asu.edu  

2. Laurenţiu Constantin – Managing Partner, Tis.ro, Romania
Member of the European Language Industry Association – ELIA
Member of TEKOM (Gesellschaft für Kommunikation e.V.) - Regional branch
E-mail: laurentiu@tis.ro

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