Mediterranean Editors and Translators
MET is a forum for translators and editors who work mainly into or with English. Through MET we exchange views and experiences on promising practices and keep up with relevant research. Read our mission statement. MET is a member of the Spanish Network of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue Between Cultures.
MET news/announcements
The results of the MET Council election are now posted in the members' area.
Clients can now access members’ contact information: For MET members who have chosen to allow the public to view their database profiles, this service has been activated (see the “Directory of members” link in the sidebar). To update your profile, log into the Members’ area.
METM 2008: The METM08 conference and General Assembly took place in Split, Croatia, on 11-13 September, with a pre-conference workshop on Corpus-guided editing and translation on 10 September.
METM 2009: The fifth MET conference will take place on 30-31 October 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, at the Institut Europeu de la Mediterrānia. We expect to post a provisional program and call for papers by January 2009. Pre-conference workshops will be scheduled at a nearby venue.
English communication news/events for the broader Mediterranean area
- AILA Migration and Language Research Network: 3rd International Seminar on Language and Migration. 2-3 February 2009, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra. This conference is on the challenges posed by linguistic diversity related to migration. Number of participants is limited. Abstract deadline: 15 November 2008. Write to Melissa Moyer or Katia Yago.
- Language for Specific Purposes Conference (LSP Crete), 7-8 February, Crete, Greece.
- AESLA (the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics) will hold its next meeting in Ciudad Real, Spain, 26-28 March 2009. The deadline for the call for papers is 31 October 2008.
- CERLIS – Researching Language and the Law: Intercultural Perspectives, Bergamo, Italy (18-20 June 2009).
