International Conference on Human-Informed Translation and Interpreting Technology (HiT-IT 2023) Naples, Italy, 7, 8 and 9 July 2023

*** SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 30 APRIL 2023***

The International Conference on Human-Informed Translation and Interpreting Technology (HiT-IT 2023) will take place in Naples, Italy between 7 and 9 July 2023. The conference will be preceded by tutorials on 6 July 2023.

HiT-IT seeks to act as a meeting point for (and invites) researchers working in translation and interpreting technologies, practicing technology-minded translators and interpreters, companies and freelancers providing services in translation and interpreting as well as companies developing tools for translators and interpreters. In addition to the accepted papers for presentation, HiT-IT will feature invited talks by prominent experts as well as presentations and panels hosted by practitioners.

For more details and for the main conference topics please visit the conference website http://hit-it-conference.org/

Submissions and publication

The conference invites the following types of submissions reporting original unpublished work. User papers for industry and practitioners ranging between 2 and 4 pages (without references). References to related work are optional. Academic submissions, in three different categories (have to follow formatting requirements, references to related work are required):

• (academic) full papers: describing original completed research. Allowed paper length: maximum 12 pages (without references). • (academic) work-in-progress papers – describing work in progress, late breaking research, papers at a more conceptual stage, and other types of papers that do not fit in the ‘full’ papers category. Allowed paper length: maximum 7 pages (without references). • (academic) demo papers – describing working systems. Allowed paper length: maximum 5 pages (without references). In addition to the papers, the authors will be expected to demonstrate the systems at the conference.

The conference will not consider the submission and evaluation of abstracts only.

The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and made available online on the conference website. We plan to invite the authors of the best papers to submit extended versions to a special issue of a prestigious journal.

Important dates

Submission deadline: 30 April 2023 Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2023 Final version due: 10 June 2023 Early fee deadline: 20 June 2023 Conference dates: 7, 8 and 9 July 2023 Tutorials: 6 July 2023

Keynote speakers

Jochen Hummel (Coreon) Tharindu Ranasinghe (Aston University)

Invited tutorials

Felix do Carmo (University of Surrey): Neural Machine Translation Alina Karakanta (Leiden University Centre for Linguistics): Automatic subtitling

Conference Chairs

Gloria Corpas Pastor (University of Malaga) Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) Johanna Monti (University of Naples L’Orientale) Constantin Orasan (University of Surrey)

Organising Committee

Dayana Abuin Rios (University of Malaga) Khadija Ait Elqih (University of Naples l’Orientale) Anastasia Bezobrazova (University of Malaga) Meriem Boulekhoukh (University of Oran) Rocío Caro Quintana (University of Wolverhampton) Amal El Farhmat (University of Malaga) Lilit Kharatian (University of Malaga) Alfiya Khabibullina (University of Malaga) Nikolai Nikolov (INCOMA Ltd.) Daria Sokova (New Bulgarian University) Giulia Speranza (University of Naples l’Orientale)

Sponsors

Pangeanic, El-Translations and Juremy are the official sponsors of the conference.

Venue

The conference will take place at the Palazzo del Mediterraneo, University of Naples Further information and contact details Registration for HiT-IT 2023 is now open. To register, please complete the registration form. See the conference website (http://hit-it-conference.org/home ) for more details; you can also email 2023@hit-it-conference.orgmailto:2023@hit-it-conference.org.