Abstract FAQs

Abstract Deadline:  

April 3, 2025

Length of abstract:

150-300 words

Topics

The theme of the conference is Ethics in Translation. We invite a large number of papers expanding on this theme. There are also many sub-themes or tracks that are of interest to the translation community. We welcome papers in all of the following areas as they relate to Bible Translation: View Sub-Themes

Notification of paper acceptance or rejection

Our target date to notify abstract submitters is May 15, 2025.

Abstract Review Process 

Your abstract will be reviewed and ranked by a committee of scholars and specialists trained in different areas of Bible translation theory and practice. The review is conducted in a double blind process to ensure impartiality. Not all abstracts will be accepted. Abstracts will not be accepted that (1) do not meet accepted scholarly standards, (2) are on topics not relevant to the translation community, or (3) foster controversy.


Advice for writing abstracts

You can easily find websites with tips on how to write a good abstract. Remember that your abstract will be reviewed by a committee looking for scholarly content. But remember too that your abstract must interest your audience. Why should they attend your session? Your abstract should convince them of the importance of your topic and your research.  

Sensitivity issues

Your abstract will be on our public website viewable to the general public. Change names and locations for people or places that should be protected. While the Conference Proceedings will have protected access, measures like password protection should not be considered a secure way for protecting sensitive content.

Video recording requirement and deadline

Every presenter needs to pre-record their presentation on video. The video recording needs to be received by August 31, 2023.  

Permissions

By submitting your abstract you are authorizing us to publish your abstract and biography on the conference website and in the conference program.

Where your abstract will be posted?

Your abstract will appear in the Conference program and on the BT Conference website.

Important considerations

Can I submit an abstract and attend online?

  • It will not be possible for online participants to present live to the onsite conference. Anyone who wants to present to the onsite rooms has to be there in person. They will also need to record their session in advance to make sure it is available in the app to online participants.

  • However, we are accepting abstracts from people who are only able to participate online. If such abstracts are accepted, the authors will make a recording of their presentation and it will be available in the app to other conference participants, onsite or online. 

  • At the moment we haven't made a firm decision about whether we would schedule a time for people to specifically interact with such presentations as a group - but there has been a suggestion of someone opening a zoom room to interact with such a paper at a particular time, in lieu of the onsite Q&A sessions.