If you regularly follow the TCLoc blog, then you probably love languages, as we do. You might like to find people that share your passion, with whom you can discuss localization, and from whom you can learn many new localization-related tips. If you like the sound of this, then going to conferences is the perfect place to start. For this reason, we gathered information a host of major global localization and technical communication events. We hope that this information will help you connect with colleagues like-minded individuals in the localization industry.
Some practical advice: I you are looking for a job/internship in the localization industry, take care to consult the websites of the companies you see at the localization events you attend. Companies often publish job offers during, and after, such events.
P.S.
- We know it’s already March but there is still plenty of time to go to some awesome conferences.
- Did we forget to add your event? Feel free to contact us or leave a comment below, we would gladly fix any mistake.
Africa – Asia – Europe – Middle East – North America – South America – Oceania
Africa
- Apr 25, 2018 – Apr 26, 2018 – Algiers, Algeria
ICNLSP 2018 by Directorate General for Scientific Research and Technological Development - May 25, 2018 – May 26, 2018 – Stellenbosch, South Africa
ATSA by the Association for Translation Studies in Africa
100 USD for students
Asia
- Mar 08, 2018 – Mar 09, 2018 – Bangalore, India
tcworld India by tekom
9700 INR - Mar 22, 2018 – Mar 23, 2018 – Beijing, China
TAUS Asia Conference by TAUS
1400€ - Apr 03, 2018 – Apr 05, 2018 – Tokyo, Japan
LocWorld36 Tokyo by Localization World, Ltd.
700$ - May 07, 2018 – May 12, 2018 – Miyazaki, Japan
LREC 2018 by The European Language Resources Association
235€ for students - May 08, 2018 – Miyazaki, Japan
MultilingualBIO: Multilingual Biomedical Text Processing Collocated with LREC2018 - May 14, 2018 – May 16, 2018 – Singapore
International Workshop on Spoken Dialog System Technology by Institute for Infocomm Research, COLIPS
SGD 500.00 - May 15, 2018 – May 16, 2018 – Shanghai, China
tcworld China by tekom
2600 RBM - May 16, 2018 – May 17, 2018 – Tokyo, Japan
TAUS Executive Forum by TAUS
1200€ - Jun 30, 2018 – Jul 01, 2018 – Osaka, Japan
IJET-29 by Japan Association of Translators
¥33500
Europe
- Mar 01, 2018 – Mar 02, 2018 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
XTM LIVE Europe by XTM International
696€ for the 2 days - Mar 09, 2018 – Mar 10, 2018 – Breda, Netherlands
INTERPRETATION & TRANSLATION CONFERENCE Getting ahead together!
90€ for 2 days student pass - Apr 11, 2018 Dublin, Ireland
AUS QE Summit Dublin 2018 TAUS
50€ - Apr 19, 2018 – Apr 20, 2018 Madrid, Spain
13TH INTERNATIONAL EUATC CONFERENCE The European Union of Associations of Translation Companies - Apr 19, 2018 – Apr 20, 2018 Vienna, Austria
BP18 Translation Conference B+B Mezzofanti Bt.
440 € - Apr 25, 2018 – Apr 26, 2018 Arad, Romania
Internationalisation through the Art of Translation and Interpretation Western University of Arad - Apr 26, 2018 – Apr 28, 2018 Berlin, Germany
LOCALISATION UNCONFERENCE BERLIN Smart Data Forum
25 € - May 03, 2018 – May 04, 2018 Sicily, Italy
ND Focus – Elia’s networking days for Executives Elia (European Language Industry Association)
920 € - May 17, 2018 – May 18, 2018 Porto, Portugal
APTRAD 2nd International Conference Portuguese Association of Translators and Interpreters
330 € - May 17, 2018 – May 18, 2018 Vienna, Austria
Staging the Literary Translator Centre for Translation Studies
260 € - May 18, 2018 Dublin, Ireland
Retro Live – Digital Globalization Retro Digital
300 € - May 24, 2018 – May 26, 2018 Budapest, Hungary
Translation research – translator training Department of English Language Pedagogy and Translation Studies
70 € - May 24, 2018 – May 25, 2018 Berlin, Germany
Plunet Summit 2018 Plunet
390 € - May 28, 2018 – May 29, 2018 Brussels, Belgium
Language Technology Industry Summit LT-Innovate - May 28, 2018 – May 30, 2018 Alicant, Spain
EAMT 2018 European Association for Machine Translation
by May, 9 - May 30, 2018 – May 31, 2018 Edinburgh, Scottland
CIUTI 2018 Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies in Scotland - May 30, 2018 – Jun 01, 2018 Budapest, Hungary
MEMOQFEST INTERNATIONAL MemoQ
499 € - Jun 01, 2018 – Jun 02, 2018 Cascais, Portugal
Wordfast Forward 2018 Wordfast
330 € - Jun 04, 2018 – Jun 05, 2018 Warsaw, Poland
L10N PM Certification 2018 The Localization Institute
1 450 € - Jun 05, 2018 – Jun 06, 2018 Warsaw, Poland
Game Global Forum Warsaw Localization World, Ltd. - Jun 06, 2018 – Jun 08, 2018 Warsaw, Poland
LocWorld37 Warsaw Localization World, Ltd.
1 350 € - Jun 08, 2018 – Jun 10, 2018 ’s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
SENSE 2018 Society of English-language professionals
350 € - Jun 13, 2018 – Jun 14, 2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands
TAUS Executive Forum Amsterdam 2018 TAUS
2 700 € - Jun 14, 2018 – Jun 16, 2018 Brest, France
gʁafematik 2018 IMT Atlantique - Aug 24, 2018 – Aug 26, 2018 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Translation Forum Russia Business Bureau of the Association of Interpreters
145 € - Sep 13, 2018 – Sep 14, 2018 Porto, Portugal
ND Focus – Elia’s focus on Project Management Elia (European Language Industry Association) - Sep 15, 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark
SLAM! Scandinavian Language Association - Sep 24, 2018 – Sep 26, 2018 Lviv, Ukraine
National Identity in Translation Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, University of Rzeszów
60 € - Sep 28, 2018 – Sep 29, 2018 Budapest, Hungary
Fit-For-Market Translator and Interpreter Training in a Digital Age – Centre for Interpreter and Translator Training of the BME
By May, 15 - Sep 29, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018 Valencia, Spain
IAPTI 2018 International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters - Oct 03, 2018 – Oct 05, 2018 Berlin, Germany
Languages & The Media ICWE GmbH 200€ for students,
370€ for others - Oct 04, 2018 – Oct 06, 2018 Girona, Spain
METM18 Mediterranean Editors and Translators
290 - Oct 04, 2018 – Oct 05, 2018 Vienna, Austria
ND Vienna Elia (European Language Industry Association) - Oct 15, 2018 – Oct 16, 2018 London, UK
ICIT 2018 World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
250 € - Oct 31, 2018 – Nov 01, 2018 Brussels, Belgium
WMT18 Association for Computational Linguistics - Oct 31, 2018 – Nov 01, 2018 Brussels, Belgium
EMNLP 2018 European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics - Nov 09, 2018 – Nov 11, 2018 London, England
THE 2018 LANGUAGE SHOW Evolved Events Ltd
FREE - Nov 13, 2018 – Nov 15, 2018 Stuttgart, Germany
tcworld 2018 – tekom tekom - Nov 16, 2018 – Nov 17, 2018 Berlin, Germany
EXPOLINGUA Berlin ICWE GmbH
6 € - Nov 28, 2018 – Dec 30, 2018 Salamanca, Spain
Translation and Cultural Sustainability: Groundwork, Foundations and Applications University of Salamanca
40 € - Nov 29, 2018 – Nov 30, 2018 Cologne, Germany
Cologne Conference on Translation, Interpreting and Technical Documentation TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences, Cologne
Free for students, 180€ for others - Dec 06, 2018 – Dec 07, 2018 Malaga, Spain
ND Focus – Elia’s focus on Sales & Marketing Elia (European Language Industry Association)
Middle East
- Apr 09, 2018 – Apr 11, 2018 – Ramat Gan, Israel
LATA 2018 – Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics
470€ for students
North America
- Mar 13, 2018 – Mar 16, 2018 – Boston, Massachusetts USA
GALA 2018 – Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)
US$ 1675
- Mar 15, 2018 – San Francisco, California USA
Global Ready Conference – Smartling
US$ 399 - Mar 15, 2018 – San Jose, California USA
Ten Mincho: To Boldly Go Where No Japanese Font Has Gone Before – The International Multilingual User Group (IMUG)
$5
- Mar 17, 2018 – Mar 21, 2018 – Boston, Massachusetts USA
AMTA 2018 – Association for Machine Translation in the Americas
$350.00 for students
- Mar 19, 2018 – Mar 23, 2018 – San Francisco, California USA
Game Developers Conference – UBM Tech Game Network
$1,949 for all access
- Mar 20, 2018 – Mar 22, 2018 – Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Intelligent Content Conference 2018 – Content Marketing Institute
$1,395
- Mar 22, 2018 – Montreal, Canada
Rendez-vous Montréal 2018 – Language Industry Association / L’Association de l’industrie de la langue
45,00 $ - Mar 29, 2018 – Apr 01, 2018 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
ATISA IX – American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association
- Apr 09, 2018 – Apr 11, 2018 – Washington, DC USA
SpeechTEK 2018 – Information Today, Inc.
$1,795
- Apr 25, 2018 – Apr 28, 2018 – Scottsdale, Arizona USA
ALC Annual Conference – Association of Language Companies
$1425 - Apr 27, 2018 – Apr 29, 2018 – Boulder, Colorado USA
8th Annual CTA Conference – Colorado Translators Association
$50 for students
- May 07, 2018 – May 09, 2018 – Los Gatos, California USA
Content Connections 2018 – Acrolinx
$599 USD
- May 19, 2018 – May 23, 2018 – Baltimore, Maryland USA
ISPOR 23rd Annual International Meeting – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Fees
- May 20, 2018 – May 23, 2018 – Orlando, Florida USA
Technical Communication Summit 2018 – Society for Technical Communication
$1,550
- May 21, 2018 – May 23, 2018 – Berkeley, California USA
Project Managers Round Table – The Localization Institute
$1,375
- Jun 03, 2018 – Jun 06, 2018 – San Diego, California USA
MadWorld 2018 – MadCap Software, Inc.
$499 for students - Sep 04, 2018 – Sep 05, 2018 – Cleveland, Ohio USA
Content Marketing World – Content Marketing Institute
$1,699
- Sep 12, 2018 – Santa Clara, California USA
42nd Internationalization & Unicode Conference (IUC42) – Object Management Group
$900 for students
- Oct 10, 2018 – Oct 11, 2018 – Vancouver, Canada
TAUS Annual Conference – TAUS
$2,500
- Oct 15, 2018 – Seattle, Washington USA
TAUS Data Summit 2018 – TAUS
$850
- Oct 21, 2018 – Oct 24, 2018 – New Orleans, Louisiana USA
LavaCon Conference on Content Strategy and TechComm Management – LavaCon
$2,250 for two people
- Oct 24, 2018 – Oct 27, 2018 – New Orleans, Louisiana USA
59th ATA Conference – American Translators Association –
pre-presentation
South America
- Jun 25, 2018 – Jun 17, 2018 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ABRATES IX – Brazilian Association of Translators (ABRATES)
R$ 570.00
Oceania
- May 26, 2018 – May 27, 2018 – Wellington, New Zealand
NZSTI 2018 – New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters
One conference is not enough for you? Want to become an expert in technical communication and localization? Take a look around on our TCLoc website!
Comments
Alyona Vlasenko | Mar 12, 2018 17:00
Hello!
Could you please add the information about our conference to your event calendar for 2019?
UTICamp-2019 will take place on July 22-28 in 2019 near Dnipro, Ukraine
Details at https://utic.eu/en
Thank you in advance!
Alex Marsh | Mar 12, 2018 17:00
This is such a great list! Thanks for sharing such an informative blog about the Translation and Localization events and conferences throughout the world. Once again thanks for taking the time to gather them all in one place! I have also read a fabulous post related to this blog and would like to share – https://aussietranslations.com.au/blog/translation-and-localization-events-and-conferences-throughout-the-world-in-2019/