Agenda

The increasing integration of digital technologies into communication processes has radically transformed discursive practices in the Spanish language, affecting not only the production and circulation of texts but also the strategies used for their interpretation and translation. This symposium aims to explore the role of technology at the crossroads of Spanish language, discourse analysis, and translation, adopting an interdisciplinary perspective that merges linguistics, translation studies, and digital humanities.

Attention will be focused, on one hand, on discourse analysis within technologically mediated contexts—such as social media, digital platforms, electronic corpora, and multimodal environments—and, on the other, on the impact of digital tools on translation processes to and from Spanish. Specifically, the sessions will examine the potential and limitations of language technologies (corpora, CAT tools, machine translation, and AI) in analyzing discursive strategies, managing linguistic and cultural variation, and facilitating interlinguistic mediation.

Furthermore, the initiative intends to foster critical reflection on the theoretical and methodological implications of technological innovation, questioning the evolving roles of the translator and the discourse analyst in an increasingly automated landscape. Particular emphasis will be placed on phenomena such as ideology, power, and identity construction in Spanish-language texts, as well as the challenges posed by the translation of specialized, institutional, and digital discourses.

Through theoretical contributions and case studies, this event seeks to promote dialogue among scholars, encouraging a synergetic exchange on the new research frontiers opened by digital evolution.