OFF-LINE FORMAT
XII International Scientific Interdisciplinary Conference on Research and Methodology
Functional Aspects of Intercultural Communication. Translation and Interpreting Issues
RUDN University, Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow
November 13-14, 2025
OFF-LINE FORMAT 10:00 am-6:00 pm
http://conferences-ifl.rudn.ru/
The deadline for abstract submission is October 22, 2025
Conference Organizers: Institute of Foreign Languages of RUDN (Russia), Faculty of Philology of Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), Higher Institute of Languages in Tunis of the University of Carthage (Tunisia), Moscow State Linguistic University (Russia), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan), The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico), Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B. N. Yeltsin (Kyrgyzstan), Minsk State Linguistic University (Republic of Belarus), Erzia International Art Foundation (Russia), National Association for Applied Linguistics (NAAL) – Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée/ International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Union of Translators of Russia (UTR)
Information partners: Company RELOD, VAK Scientific Journal “Foreign Languages at School”
Goal of the Conference:
To reveal the diversity of functional aspects of intercultural communication within the process of world education integration, to focus on translation and interpreting issues in the conditions of the modern society
List of Key Issues to Be Discussed:
1. Intercultural communication and linguistic identity
- The role of language in the formation of cultural identity
- Sociolinguistic aspects of globalisation
- Language policy and multilingualism in the modern world
2. Cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics
- Metaphor and figurative thinking in language
- Text perception and processing: neurolinguistic research
- Language and emotion: how linguistic structures convey feelings
3. Computational linguistics and digital technologies
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence
- Corpus linguistics and Big Data in language research
- Automatic text analysis: opportunities and limitations
4. Discourse analysis and pragmatics
- Political, media and scientific discourse
- Manipulative language strategies in communication
- Hypertextuality and digital discourse
5. Ecolinguistics and language in the era of global change
- Language and the environmental agenda.
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Terminology of sustainable development.
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Linguistic aspects of climate activism.
6. Technologies in translation
- Neural networks and machine translation: replacement or tool?
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CAT systems and translation automation.
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Audiovisual translation and localisation of software and video games.
7. Artistic translation: theory and practice
- Translation of poetry: balance between form and content.
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Adaptation of cultural realities in literature.
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Author’s style and its transfer into another language.
8. Specialised translation
- Legal and medical translation: accuracy vs. adaptation.
- Scientific and technical translation and terminological bases.
- Subtitling and dubbing: linguocultural nuances.
9. Ethics and challenges of the modern translator
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The translator in the context of information wars.
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Confidentiality and professional standards.
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Problems of translation in multicultural conflicts
10. Interpreting in the age of digitalisation
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Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting: new technologies.
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Artificial intelligence in interpreting.
Within the framework of the conference there will be a parallel session for beginning researchers (undergraduate and graduate students) ‘First Steps in Science’
Conference language: Russian, English, Spanish
Conference format: Off-line. Online format is available only for international participants
Organisation fee: 3000 rubles. For postgraduate students: 1500 roubles. The conference package (conference programme, abstracts of participants’ presentations; coffee and tea breaks) is included in the conference fee. Participants without a report (listeners) pay an organising fee of 2100 rubles
Link to pay the registration fee https://lk.rudn.ru/
instructions
Registration fee payment’s deadline is November 13, 2025
Registration, applications for participation and publication are submitted on the website: http://conferences-ifl.rudn.ru/
Abstracts of individual papers (300-350 words not including bibliography) should be submitted by October 22, 2025
Payment of the organising fee, submission of applications for participation and publication is made through the website:
http://conferences-ifl.rudn.ru/
Original research articles or analytical reviews of 10,000 characters (summary of research results / review of current research) to 40,000 characters including gaps, not previously published and not under consideration by other publishers, are accepted for publication in journals.
The best reports in person will be recommended by the Conference Organizing and Program Committees for publication in a special issue of the Scientific journal “Key Issues of Contemporary Linguistics” (K1) which is included in peer-reviewed scientific publications of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Submission requirements are available here: https://www.linguamgou.ru/jour/index/index?locale=en_US
The best reports from PhD students and applicants (in person) will be published in the Scientific journal “Proceedings of National Association of Applied Linguistics (NAAL)” (K3) which is included in peer-reviewed scientific publications of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation: https://nopril.ru/журнал/
Submissions which are not meeting journal requirements or academic ethics standards will not be considered for publication!
It is also planned to publish Conference Proceedings. All articles will be published in English.
For Conference Proceedings it is necessary to send an article on the subject of the presentations of 2500 to 5000 words to the conference e-mail iflconf@pfur.ru by 25 October 2025 inclusive.
Conference Proceedings are indexed in the RSCI database. The editorial board of the collection reserves the right to reject the article if according to the results of the check in the Anti- Plagiarism system the originality is less than 75%, the text will contain elements of fragments generated with the help of artificial intelligence systems.
Scientific supervisors of the reports of the participants of the youth section ‘First Steps in Science’ can co-author only one article submitted for publication in the conference proceedings. Requirements for the design of abstracts: font Times New Roman; line spacing – single;
font size – 14 pt; the text should not contain tables and figures, subscripts.
Requirements for the design of the article: All articles submitted to the editorial office must be designed strictly in accordance with the requirements. Articles that do not meet the requirements will not be considered.
The following information should be provided at the beginning of the article: surname, first name and patronymic (in full) of the author(s), the title of the article, its abstract of 40-50 words, with a separate line of keywords below. The information should be provided both in Russian and English.
To prepare the article, Microsoft Word and Times New Roman font should be used. The document should be saved in *.rtf format.
Margins: 2 cm on all sides.
The length of the article is 5 pages of A4 format, orientation – portrait. Font – normal, font size – 14 pt, line spacing – 1.5.
Photos and drawings in *.tif or *.jpg format should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi and should be attached as separate files.
Bibliographic lists and textual notes are prepared in accordance with GOST 7.1-2003 ‘Bibliographic record. Bibliographic description. General requirements and rules of compilation’.
Travel, accommodation and meals of the conference participants are at the expense of the sending party.
We look forward for your participation in our conference!
Contact persons:
Natalia S. Erokhova,
Organising and Program Committee,
tel. +7(495)787-38-03#2438, e-mail: erokhova_ns@pfur.ru
Natalia A. Akhrenova,
Organising and Program Committee,
tel. +7(495)787-38-03#2439, e-mail: nakhrenova@mail.ru