Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting 2016
Raising standards through knowledge sharing and peer training
October 13-15, 2016
Centre Tarraconense - "El Seminari"
Carrer Sant Pau, 4
Tarragona, Spain
Organizers
Coordinator: Kelly Dickeson
Content: Joy Burrough-Boenisch, Kim Eddy, Mary Fons i Fleming, Anne Murray, Mary Savage, Stephen Waller
Workshops: Alan Lounds
Off-METM program: Helen Oclee-Brown
Conference program
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Thursday afternoon, October 13
Workshops and minisessions(Prior sign-up required.) |
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14:00- 20:30 |
Desk open Arrive early to beat the check-in rush and network informally with colleagues! |
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16:00- (times vary) |
WORKSHOPS | MINISESSIONS | ||||
A systematic approach to translating contracts into English — Rob Lunn FULL! (16:00-19:15, Espai Catedral) |
Approaches to effective paragraphing: the topic sentence revisited — John Bates (16:00-19:15, Aula Sant Pau) |
Solving terminology problems more quickly with IntelliWebSearch (Almost) Unlimited — Michael Farrell (16:00-19:15, Sala Fòrum) |
Harnessing the power of the Correspondence-Consistency-Correctness (CCC) Model: a systematic new approach to error detection in manuscripts that promotes professional text improvement — John Linnegar FULL! (16:00-19:15, Aula Sant Fructuós) |
Blood tests made easy: everything you always wanted to know but never dared ask — Jason Willis-Lee (16:00-17:15, Sala de Graus) |
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Keyboard shortcuts for efficiency and comfort — Stephen Waller (17:45-19:00, Sala de Graus) |
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19:30-20:30 | SPONSORED TRAINING SESSION* | OFF-METM ACTIVITY | ||||
SDL Trados Studio 2015 — Fleur Schut (Aula Sant Fructuós) * Unlike the MET workshops, sign-ups are not required for this sponsored session. Any conference participant may attend. |
TRANSLATION SLAM Join us for a fun and illuminating evening as two translators compare notes on a literary translation. Open to everyone. See the Off-METM program for more details. Translators: Sarah Griffin-Mason, Tim Morris Moderator: Kymm Coveney Organizer: Aisha Prigann Location: Highland, Rambla Vella, 9 (ten-minute walk from conference venue. |
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21:00-? | Optional: Off-METM dinner groups (various locations, prior sign-up required; see Off-METM program for more details) |
Friday morning, October 14
Workshops and minisessions(Prior sign-up required.) |
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8:00- 12:00 |
Desk open Arrive early to beat the check-in rush and network informally with colleagues! |
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9:00- (times vary) |
WORKSHOPS | MINISESSIONS | |||
Readability: 10 strategies for improving flow in translated or non-English speakers’ texts — John Bates FULL! (9:00-12:15, Aula Sant Pau) |
Running pre-conference workshops on writing effective scientific articles: course design, presentation and marketing issues — Margaret Cargill (9:00-12:15, Sala Fòrum) |
Editing theses and dissertations written by non-native speakers of English — Joy Burrough-Boenisch FULL! (9:00-12:15, Aula Sant Fructuós) |
Excel for Wordies: accounting and workflow — Mary Fons i Fleming (9:00-12:15, Sala de Graus) |
Relatives: the clause type — and why people still argue about which — Mary Ellen Kerans FULL! (9:00-10:15, Espai Catedral) |
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The comma: to pause or to parse? — Alan Lounds FULL! (10:45-12:00, Espai Catedral) |
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12:15-13:00 | MET choir rehearsal (Espai Catedral) |
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13:00-15:00 | LUNCH BREAK Optional: Off-METM lunch groups (various locations, prior sign-up required; see Off-METM program for more details) |
Friday afternoon, October 14 Conference sessions(Open to all conference attendees.) |
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14:00-18:30 | Desk open | |
15:00-15:15 | Welcome session (Sala d’Actes) | |
15:15-16:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION MET: Twelve years of networking and peer training. What are the new challenges? — Joy Burrough-Boenisch, Mary Ellen Kerans, Margaret Cargill. Moderated by Alan Lounds (Sala d’Actes) |
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16:30-16:40 | Room transfer time | |
16:40-17:40 | PRESENTATION “This text requires only a ‘light’ edit.” Lifting the veil on the meanings of heavy, medium and light edits — John Linnegar (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATIONS Spinning your web: getting clients to come to you — Simon Berrill Getting to know your ideal client — Jo Rourke (Sala Santa Tecla) |
17:40-17:50 | Room transfer time | |
17:50-18:20 | PRESENTATION The diverse skills and many roles of in-house academic editors — Kate McIntyre and Jackie Senior (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATION "I had to swerve before I hit him": the perils of ambiguity and how to avoid them — Oliver Lawrence (Sala Santa Tecla) |
18:20-18:30 | Room transfer time | |
18:30-19:45 | KEYNOTE TALK Editing and translating, ethics and education in academic publishing: What is needed to enhance mutual understanding of intersecting roles, responsibilities and practices? — Margaret Cargill (Sala d’Actes) |
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19:45-21:00 | WINE RECEPTION, catered by Clos Montblanc – included in conference fee Wines will be for sale afterward (two bottles for €14 or three bottles for €20) and the winery offers free delivery to selected hotels. (Sant Pau cloister) |
Saturday, October 15 Conference sessions(Open to all conference attendees.) |
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8:00-12:00 and 17:00-18:30 |
Desk open | ||
9:00-9:45 | PRESENTATION Author editing—the provenance and prospects of our profession — Valerie Matarese (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATION Tips, tricks and tools for becoming an online trainer — Michelle Hof (Sala Santa Tecla) |
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9:45-9:55 | Room transfer time | ||
9:55-11:10 | PANEL DISCUSSION Bridging the gap or a bridge too far? What should the interventionist role of the text editor/proofreader in preparing academic papers for publication be? — Joy Burrough-Boenisch, Michael Friedman, John Linnegar, David Owen (Sala d’Actes) |
MT MEDLEY I can't help falling in love with machine translation — Diego Bartolome Slate Desktop + your TM = a personalized translation engine — Emma Goldsmith Lilt: the customizable CAT/MT tool we’ve all been waiting for? — Alan Lounds (Sala Santa Tecla) |
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11:10-11:35 | COFFEE AND SNACKS (Sant Pau cloister) |
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11:35-12:20 | PRESENTATION Ways forward for professional associations and communities of practice in knowledge sharing and peer training — Sarah Griffin-Mason (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATION Translations – the international lawyer’s tale — Christopher Lee (Sala Santa Tecla) |
INTERACTIVE SESSION Managing conflict with a simple coaching tool — Felicity Neilson (Espai Catedral) |
12:20-12:30 | Room transfer time | ||
12:30-13:45 | KEYNOTE TALK New Yorker style: the major arcana — Mary Norris (Sala d’Actes) |
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13:45-15:10 | COCKTAIL LUNCH – included in conference fee (Sant Pau cloister) |
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15:10-15:55 | PRESENTATION “It's the writing that defeats you”: steps toward social science genre recognition — Susan M. DiGiacomo (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATION The ECG made easy — Jason Willis-Lee (Sala Santa Tecla) |
INTERACTIVE SESSION Speed networking — Helen Oclee-Brown (Espai Catedral) |
15:55-16:05 | Room transfer time | ||
16:05-16:35 | PRESENTATION On practice-based research relevant to editing and translating: lessons learned about titles in clinical medicine, co-authoring and more — Mary Ellen Kerans (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATION Who's afraid of the big bad webinar? — Lucy Brooks (Sala Santa Tecla) |
PRESENTATION How to reduce anxiety and improve quality by using checklists — Marco Neves (Espai Catedral) |
16:35-16:45 | Room transfer time | ||
16:45-17:45 | PRESENTATION Misused English in EU publications — Jeremy Gardner (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATIONS Case study: a virtual translation team — Phillippa May Bennett, Oliver Lawrence, Helen Oclee-Brown A year as a digital nomad: mid-term report — Elizabeth Garrison (Sala Santa Tecla) |
INTERACTIVE SESSION Yoga session for translators, editors and interpreters — Francesca Matteoda (Espai Catedral) |
17:45-17:55 | Room transfer time | ||
17:55-18:25 | PRESENTATION Putting people first while keeping the wheelchairs from blocking the exits: working with disability-related terms — Mary Fons i Fleming (Sala d’Actes) |
PRESENTATION Finding the key to your keyboard — Emma Goldsmith (Sala Santa Tecla) |
PRESENTATION Workarounds for editing documents produced in LaTex — Ailish Maher, Susannah Goss (Espai Catedral) |
18:25-18:35 | Room transfer time | ||
18:35-19:35 | MET 2016 GENERAL ASSEMBLY — open to members and non-members alike (Sala d’Actes) |
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20:00-21:00 | MET choir rehearsal (Hotel Imperial Tarraco, Rambla Vella, 2; meet at reception) |
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21:00-? | CLOSING DINNER & AFTERPARTY (Hotel Imperial Tarraco, Rambla Vella, 2; upstairs banquet hall) Bring your badge – your meal ticket is inside! |