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Since the forum is divided into two parts (for different audience), the flow may be as follows:

● January 11, 2019: Arrival of speakers and participants

● January 12-13, 2019: Part 1 (Standardization)

● January 14-15, 2019: Tour of FGS (for attendees of Part 1 only)

● January 14-15, 2019: Part 2 (Workshop on Translation Theory and Practice)

● January 16, 2019: Departure

Event Schedule

Part 1 (Standardization) - January 12-13, 2019

In Part 1, the mornings are plenary sessions, while the afternoons are workshops, with a closing plenary. Evenings should be left free. A possible list of topics is (tentatively) as follows :

Plenaries and Keynote

January 12, 2019 (Saturday)

Plenary 1 : Best Practices in Buddhist Text Translation

by Dr. Marcus Bingenheimer

Professor Bingenheimer will cover collaborative translation and use of computational approaches to the Humanities and how to do research and translation in an age of digital information.

Plenary 2 : Best Practices in Building Translation Infrastructure

by Dr. Charles Muller

Professor Muller will speak about Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (DDB), modernisation of translated texts, glossary building and bibliography development.

Keynote 1: Theory and Practice of Modern Day Translation Courts

by Ven. Miao Guang

Venerable Miao Guang will speak about the theory and practice of modern day translation with various ongoing projects, e.g. Fo Guang Dictionary of Buddhism (FGDB), Works by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, and ad hoc temple-specific translations.