About us

The Société Française de Traductologie (SoFT) was founded in November 2014. Its headquarters are at Paris Nanterre University.

It brings together all those who have a special interest in translating, particularly academic and professional translators, scholars, independent researchers, and advanced students. Its activities encompass the history of translation, and translation theories, practices, methods and didactics. All approaches to translating are embraced: literary, philosophical, linguistic, semantic, semiotic, and socio-linguistic, among others.

SoFT has organised many scientific events: congresses, colloquia, seminars, webinars, and summer schools (see the corresponding sections of the website).

Jointly with the Society for the Study of Practices and Theories in Translation (SEPTET), SoFT directs two publications at the Classiques Garnier Publishing House, Paris:

  • The Translatio collection, founded by Florence Lautel-Ribstein and co-directed by Florence Lautel-Ribstein and Marc Buhot de Launay (see publisher’s website), 
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  • The annual journal Des mots aux actes, founded and directed by Florence Lautel-Ribstein (see publisher’s website).

In 2021, SoFT launched the Translation Studies Grand Prix awarded every two years for an outstanding monograph in the field of translation studies.

In 2021, the first Grand Prix was awarded to Jean Delisle for Interprètes au pays du castor, Quebec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2019.

In 2023, the second Grand Prix was awarded to Alexis Nouss for Le Déportement. Petit traité du seuil et du traduire, Paris, Hermann, 2021.