When translators edit—issues in potentially conflicting roles
Karen Shashok, freelance translator and author’s editor, Granada, Spain

Abstract

Insights from translation studies: what’s new in localisation theory and practice
Anthony Pym, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

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Cover-to-cover bilingual publication of scientific journals—new challenges for translators and editors
Mary Ellen Kerans, freelance author’s editor and translator, Barcelona, Spain

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Improving referencing skills: considerations for the facilitation of academic writing
Iain Patten, freelance translator and author’s editor, Valencia, Spain

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Improving biomedical research communication through an introductory course on journals and critical reading
Valerie Matarese, UpTo.it, Pieve di Soligo, TV, Italy

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Editing translation: pitfalls in style, grammar and usage
Ann King, freelance translator and software trainer; Jane Lewis, freelance translator and interpreter, both of Barcelona, Spain

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Negotiating the final text: ideas for guaranteeing the quality of current and future translations and corrections
Malcolm Hayes, International Communications and Technical Services, Lleida, Spain

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Inauguration

Welcome: reflections on the conference theme:
Interdisciplinary Collaboration—International Communication
Ricard Guerrero, University of Barcelona, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; and Editor-in-Chief, International Microbiology, Barcelona, Spain
Angel Cardama, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Keynote speech

The sense of editors’ associations: a case report on SENSE, an editors’ group in the Netherlands
Joy Burrough-Boenisch, PhD, Wageningen, Netherlands

Abstract

Dr. Burrough-Boenisch is a founding member of SENSE (the Society of English-Native-Speaking Editors in the Netherlands) a model self-help association for language professionals. She is a practicing author’s editor whose work on the authoring, reading, and editing of scientific articles has appeared in English for Specific Purposes, Journal of Second Language Writing, Written Communication and European Science Editor.

Panel discussion: Reflections on interdisciplinary practice

Translation and/as Dialog
Susan M. DiGiacomo, organizer, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Barcelona; with the following panelists:

Panelists: Josep Maria Comelles, anthropologist and psychiatrist, and Angel Martínez Hernáez, anthropologist, both of Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain; Oriol Pi-Sunyer, Ph.D, anthropologist, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA; Maria del Mar Pérez Iribarne, geneticist,and Antoni Serrano, MD, psychiatrist, both of Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Four layers of manuscript editing at the Croatian Medical Journal—practical examples
Aleksandra Mišak, language editor, Croatian Medical Journal, Zagreb, Croatia

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Training editors to be aware of how and why they edit non-native English
Joy Burrough Boenisch, author’s editor, Wageningen, Netherlands

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Panel discussion: Reflections on needs and skills in academic translation in Spain

Approaches to translation and editing at university language services
Alan Lounds, panel organizer, Servei de Llengües i Terminologia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Panel discussion: Client needs

The publisher’s point of view: skills needed to support print or web presentation

Panelists: José Alonso and Joan Juan, Elsevier/Ediciones Doyma; Ann Graul, Prous Science; Mercè Piqueras, International Microbiology—all of Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Keynote speech

A mentoring or educational role for national medical journals published in English
Ana Marušić, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Dr Marušić is a former president of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)—a dynamic virtual organization whose trajectory is documented on their web page—and presently a member of the editorial board of Science Editor, the journal of the Council of Science Editors. As editor of the Croatian Medical Journal, Dr. Marušić has been instrumental in implementing an approach to peer review that serves to mentor young scientists, helping to create a critical mass of researchers in her region who publish successfully.

Parallel sessions

Issues in the history of Mediterranean science communication
Frances Luttikhuizen, editor and independent researcher, Barcelona, Spain; Alain Touwaide, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA ; Mary Ellen Kerans; freelance, Barcelona, Spain

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Medical writing in the regulatory environment: a brief overview
Ben Young, Young Medical Communication, Madrid, Spain

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Contrasting discourse styles in Spanish and English research article discussions: Evidence for progressive and retrogressive patterns
Ian Williams, University of Cantrabria, Santander, Spain

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Panel discussion: Reflections on skills and development

Interdisciplinary transitions—making the shift from subject expert, linguist or educator to language facilitator
Catherine Mark, organizer, author’s editor, Departamento de Inmunología y Oncología, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Panelists: Simon Bartlett, scientific communications officer, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid; Iain K. Patten and Mary Ellen Kerans, freelance author’s editors and translators, Valencia and Barcelona, respectively; Ben Young, Young Medical Communications, Madrid—all panelists from Spain

Abstract

Panel and open discussion

Presentation of METM, the association—closing discussion and future plans
METM’s organizers: Mary Ellen Kerans, Frances Luttikhuizen, Carolyn Newey, Karen Shashok, Alan Lounds, Catherine Mark, Greg Morley (webmaster)