Interpreting Studies: Contemporary Knowledge, Practices and Challenges

Interpreting Studies: Contemporary Knowledge, Practices and Challenges

 

In recent decades, Interpreting Studies has established itself as an interdisciplinary field of investigation aimed at understanding the processes of linguistic and cultural mediation in different contexts. Drawing on disciplines such as Linguistics, Psychology, Social Sciences, Cognitive Sciences, and Digital Technologies, Interpreting Studies has expanded beyond traditional models, feeding into debates about training/education, professional practice, ethics, technology, and social markers such as gender, race, and class.

 

This thematic issue of the Belas Infiéis maintains that interpreting, in its varied modalities and settings, is shaped by issues that require integrated perspectives, in line with sociotechnical changes and the calls for equity and language justice. It's our wish to bring together works that approach interpreting from a myriad of theoretical and methodological perspectives—be they cognitive, discursive, cultural, pedagogical, social or technological. Works on the following topics will be accepted: interpreter performance in conference and community contexts, in crisis settings, in remote environments, and via audiovisual translation technologies (AVT).

 

"Interpreting Studies: Contemporary Knowledge, Practices and Challenges" will also welcome contributions on interpreter education, the development of professional knowledge, the impacts of public and institutional policies, as well as studies that approach both spoken and signed languages, regardless of language pairs or interpreting modes.

 

By means of this thematic issue, we aim to foster the development of Interpreting Studies in Brazil, contributing to a broader and more critical, and contextualized debate on the role of interpreting in a world which grows more interconnected —and unequal.

 

 

Contributions must be written in English and follow the guidelines for authors available on the journal's website.

 

The following will be accepted: original articles, critical essays, translated articles (into Portuguese), interviews, and reviews, all of which will be evaluated by ad hoc reviewers through a double-blind review process.

 

Guest editors

Diego Barbosa (UFG; POSTRAD/UnB)

Guilherme Lourenço UFMG

 

Deadline for submission: 2 March 2026

 

Submissions must be made through the journal’s system:  https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/belainfieis