Professional Training for Translators
Organized by TRADULÍNGUAS, with the kind support of the
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
  
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Friday, 17 and Saturday, 18 October, 2008
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DESTINATION, LISBON
Tower of Belém (16th c.)
Nations Park (20th c.)
Commerce Square (18th c.)
St. George's Castle (12th c.)
Lisbon ferry and 25th of April Bridge
Discoveries Memorial (20th c.)
Edward VII Park (20th c.)
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165 participants from 23 countries
25 speakers from 4 countries
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Two full days of practical learning sessions -- translation and terminology workshops (in Portuguese, English, and Spanish) -- for the professional translator and interpreter of health-related materials delivered by physicians and other health professionals with extensive experience in translation, and by professional translators and interpreters and other leading experts in their field.

Conference Tracks
Opportunities for skill-building, information-sharing, and networking. Choose from 22 Speakers, 23 Sessions, and 5 Conference Tracks:
Translation Workshops
(5 sessions, 10 hours total)
Hear and learn from leading practitioners in extended educational sessions (2 hours) about the translation and terminology in several fields of medicine, pharmacology and biological sciences.
Translation and Terminology
(11 sessions, 12.5 hours total)
Learn the ins and outs of the special medical jargon that keeps popping up in the texts you're asked to translate. 3 of these sessions will have an extended duration of 1.5 hours.
Medical Interpretation
(3 session, 3.5 hours total)
Hear and learn from leading players in the medical interpretation sector in the United States.
Professional Development
(4 sessions, 6 hours total)
Hear, learn and discuss about themes relating to your profession.
Professional Marketplace
(open throughout the Conference)
Market your services by displaying your résumé, brochures, and business cards while meeting with owners and managers of participating language services companies and networking with other Conference participants.
TRADOS Training Session for Corporate attendeesSDL TRADOS Information / Training Session

An extended Professional Development session (3 hours, FRI/17OCT, 09:30 thru 12:30), specially targeted to corporate attendees. Participation in this session is RESERVED to corporate attendees and is included in the Conference fee, but the number of attendees will be strictly limited, because of the availability of computers and to ensure a proper level of information retention. So, register the soonest you can.

Yes, you should!Should you attend?

Yes, you should! Specially, if you are an experienced translator and interpreter working with health-related subjects. There will be plenty for you to see, learn, and discuss.

And, even if you are just starting in this field of specialization, you will gain valuable information about your profession and many specialized fields of knowledge in this highly-requested segment of the language industry.

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Continuing Education
Earn up to 10 CEP for your ATA CertificationAre you ATA Certified?
Earn up to 10 CEPs for attending this Conference.

Attendees to the International Translation Conference on Health Sciences who are certified by the American Translators Association (ATA) are eligible to earn up to ten (10) Continuing Education points (CEP’s).

Claim up to 2 ITI CPD daysAre you a member of ITI?
Claim up to 2 CPD days for attending this Conference.
Claim 1 ITI CPD day for each day of the conference attended.
Contact education@iti.org.uk for further information, and copies of our CPD Record booklet.
17 October, 2008
Conference Schedule
Friday, October 17
Full day of sessions on medical translation and interpreting,
a Professional Marketplace, and a Conference Dinner.
08:00-08:45Registration and Professional Marketplace visit
08:45-09:00   Conference Welcome
Lina Gameiro, TRADULÍNGUAS and Prof. João Sàágua, FCSH Dean
09:00-10:00   Translation in Pharmacy:
Strategies to Gild the Pill
Ana Araújo
   What Is Special
About Translating a
Medical Questionnaire?
David Himmelberger
10:00-11:00   If you know Diabetes,
you know Medicine
Richard Lane
11:00-11:20Coffee Break and Professional Marketplace visit
11:20-12:50   “Acute” Translation
Problems in Operating
Room/Intensive Care
Medical Terminology
Paulo Sá Rodrigues		   Medical Interpreting,
an Emerging Profession: Using critical thinking in the teaching of medical interpreting core values
Zarita Araújo-Lane
12:50-14:20Lunch on your own and Professional Marketplace visit
14:20-15:20   Clarification of Concepts
in Biological Sciences and the Challenge of Translation
Gabriela Santos Gomes		   A U.S. Government
Agency Approach to Translation
Jordan Coriza
15:20-16:20   Copyright Law
Protection of Translations
Cláudia Trabuco		   Towards a Unified
E-P Dictionary of Biochemical
and Biomedical Terms
João Varela
16:20-16:40Coffee Break and Professional Marketplace visit
16:40-17:40   Ensuring Access to Professional Interpreters Through Technology
Jeanette Anders & Linda Joyce
   Cerebrovascular
Medicine Topics: Accurate
and accident-proof translation
Jorge Jacinto
17:40-18:40   La problemática de la proximidad entre el castellano
y el portugués en la terminología odontológica
João Paulo Firmino
19:30...Conference Dinner

18 October, 2008
Conference Schedule
Saturday, October 18
Full day of sessions on medical translation and interpreting
and a Professional Marketplace
08:00-09:00Marketplace visit
09:00-11:00   Demystifying jargon
used in drug discovery
Ed Zanders		   Translating
Cardiovascular Medicine
Rui Pombal
11:00-11:20Coffee Break and Job Marketplace visit
11:20-12:50   Biotechnology
and Society: A Molecular
Genetics Approach
José Matos		   False Friends and True
Conundrums in Medicine
and Pharmacology
Rui Pombal
12:50-14:20Lunch on your own and Job Marketplace visit
14:20-15:20   Palabras traidoras
en el inglés médico (EN-ES)
Fernando Navarro		   Medical Imaging Terms
for Clear Medical Imaging
Maria Isabel Prata
15:20-16:20   Dicionário Médico para
Todos – Apresentação do livro:
um projecto para desmistificar
a linguagem médica e torná-la
acessível e compreensível
J. L. Themudo Barata
16:20-17:20   The Sexy Essence
of Family Medicine
Tiago Villanueva		   Medical Interpreter Certification
Izabel Arocha
17:20-17:40Coffee Break and Job Marketplace visit
17:40-18:40   Giving Your Client
the Right Treatment
João Roque Dias		   Introducing Alchemy PUBLISHER 2.0
Ailis Murphy
18:40-19:00Conference Wrap-Up
Interested in becoming an Exhibitor or a Sponsor?

A unique opportunity to promote your company to a select audience of translators and interpreters and other operators within the language service community!

Questions or Comments? Contact TRADULÍNGUAS:
Lina Gameiro, Conference Organizer
Phone (within Portugal):918 148 990
Phone: (outside Portugal):+(351) 918 148 990
Fax:+(351) 213 15 11 30
Email:conferencia@tradulinguas.com
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