XIII International Scientific Interdisciplinary Conference on Research and Methodology
Functional Aspects of Intercultural Communication. Translation and Interpreting Issues
November, 2026
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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);
- Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B. N. Yeltsin (Kyrgyzstan);
- Minsk State Linguistic University (Republic of Belarus);
- Erzia International Art Foundation (Russia);
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico);
- National Association for Applied Linguistics (NAAL) – Russian branch of AILA, International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA);
- Union of Translators of Russia (UTR).
Information partners:
- Company RELOD;
- VAK Scientific Journal “Foreign Languages at School”.
Publishing Partners of the Conference
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.
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.
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.
- Metaphor and figurative thinking in language;
- Text perception and processing: neurolinguistic research;
- Language and emotion: how linguistic structures convey feelings.
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence;
- Corpus linguistics and Big Data in language research;
- Automatic text analysis: opportunities and limitations.
- Political, media and scientific discourse;
- Manipulative language strategies in communication;
- Hypertextuality and digital discourse.
- Language and the environmental agenda;
- Terminology of sustainable development;
- Linguistic aspects of climate activism.
- Neural networks and machine translation: replacement or tool?;
- CAT systems and translation automation;
- Audiovisual translation and localisation of software and video games.
- Translation of poetry: balance between form and content;
- Adaptation of cultural realities in literature;
- Author’s style and its transfer into another language.
- Legal and medical translation: accuracy vs. adaptation;
- Scientific and technical translation and terminological bases;
- Subtitling and dubbing: linguocultural nuances.
- The translator in the context of information wars;
- Confidentiality and professional standards;
- Problems of translation in multicultural conflicts.
- Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting: new technologies;
- Remote Translation: Advantages and Disadvantages;
- 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".
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.
Welcome speech – 5-7 minutes;
Plenary speech - up to 20 minutes;
Sessions speech - up to 10 minutes;
Debate - up to 5 minutes.
Plenary speech - up to 20 minutes;
Sessions speech - up to 10 minutes;
Debate - up to 5 minutes.
Russian, English, Spanish.
- For participants: 3000 rubles.
- For PhD students: 1500 rubles.
- For participants without a report (attendees): 2100 rubles.
The conference fee includes the participant package (conference program, abstracts, coffee break).
Link for Conference Fee Payment
Payment Instructions
Materials, photographs, and highlights from previous conferences are available here:
Archive of Proceedings;
Archive of Conferences.
Archive of Proceedings;
Archive of Conferences.
Following the results of the conference Conference Proceedings are going to be published by RUDN University Publishing House. Conference Proceedings are indexed in the RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index) database.
Important Dates
October ..., 2026
Registration Deadline – for participants with reports and with no reports.
October ..., 2026
Application Deadline – 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
Upload via the registration form.
November ..., 2026
Payment deadline.
November ..., 2026
Conference
Authors’ Guide.
Paper Formatting Requirements
Paper Formatting Requirements
Application forms
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
- AccommodationThe choice of the hotel and the reservation of rooms is carried out by the participants on their own.
A limited number of double rooms are available in the campus of RUDN university.
To book a room you need to send an application to Natalia S. Erokhova, Deputy Chairman, Organizing and Program Committee.
e-mail: erokhova-ns@rudn.ru
We recommend you hotels located near the Institute of Foreign Languages:- Astrus Hotel: https://astrus.ru/en/
- Salut Hotel: https://hotelsalut.ru/en/
- In case you need visa support from RUDN, please fill in the application and send a scanned copy of your passport to Natalia S. Erokhova, Deputy Chairman, Organizing and Program Committee
e-mail: erokhova-ns@rudn.ru
Contact Persons
Natalia S. Erokhova
Deputy Chairman, Organizing and Program Committee
e-mail: erokhova_ns@rudn.ru
e-mail: erokhova_ns@rudn.ru
Natalia A. Akhrenova
Deputy Chairman, Organizing and Program Committee
e-mail: akhrenova_na@rudn.ru
e-mail: akhrenova_na@rudn.ru
Margarita A. Smolkina
Secretary, Organizing and Program Committee
e-mail: smolkina_ma@rudn.ru
e-mail: smolkina_ma@rudn.ru
Conference Venue
Academic Council Hall, RUDN University
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow, 117198
Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN University
10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Building 2 (Faculty Building FH&SS)
Moscow 117198, Russia
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Moscow, 117198
Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN University
10 Miklukho-Maklaya St., Building 2 (Faculty Building FH&SS)
Moscow 117198, Russia
