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CTP to hold Third International Congress on Translation and Interpreting (CITEI 2024)

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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN! 24–25 May 2024 Los Delfines Hotel & Convention Centre Lima, Peru The world is evolving at an exponential rate, constantly creating new needs for communication within society. Digital transformation, automation, and artificial intelligence are clear responses to this universal need for interaction. However, it is those who translate and interpret professionally, in

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Indigenous language translation and climate change: negotiating displacement and loss

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On 25 November 2023, in this International Decade of Indigenous Languages, the FIT Indigenous Languages Standing Committee hosted a panel discussion to highlight the critical loss of the world’s indigenous languages and the urgent need to preserve, revitalise, and celebrate them. The intercultural event brought together speakers from Africa, Arctic Russia, and Canada in a conversation on

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Changes in FIT LatAm Board

FIT LatAm, Regional Centres /

As of 18 November 2023, the members of the FIT LatAm Board are: Chair: Mary Ann Monteagudo, CTP Vice Chair: Marita Propato, AATI Vice Chair: Lidia Jeansalle, CTPCBA Secretary: Bianchinetta Benavides-Segura, ACOTIP Treasurer: Patricia Ovalle de Ardón, AGIT Member for Academic Affairs: Cristián Araya Medel, COTICH Member for Cultural Affairs: Estela Díaz Barbazán, ACTI Congratulations to Lidia

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Educating the next generation of language professionals

FIT North America, Regional Centres /

On 5–7 October 2023, the FIT North America Regional Centre held a conference on educating the next generation of translators, terminologists, and interpreters, dubbed as the NextGen conference in Monterey, California. It focussed on bringing together educators and representatives of language service companies in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. NextGen was an in-person-only event, which allowed

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Elections at OTTIAQ

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The Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ) is pleased to announce the election of Betty Cohen, Certified Translator, as President of the Order, effective 21 September 2023. Ms Cohen will work alongside the following board members: Simon Denault, Lawyer, Appointed Director Florian Farez, Certified Terminologist, Certified Translator Julien Gagnon, Certified Translator Antoine Galipeau, Certified

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Successful second conference for T&I professionals in Greece

FIT Europe, Member news /

The 2nd Conference for Translation & Interpreting Professionals, a landmark event in the Greek language industry, was held on 20–21 October 2023 on the premises of the Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA) in the heart of Athens. Co-hosted by the Panhellenic Association of Translators (PEM), the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation, and Interpreting (DFLTI) of Ionian

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Non-language students’ experiences participating in T&I contests

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Training translators and interpreters in real-world settings is a longstanding academic tradition. Today, multilingual, domain-specific practices explain why university graduates need to combine foreign language and translation and interpreting (T&I) skills with field-specific knowledge. Therefore, in addition to traditional bachelor’s and master’s T&I programmes, the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) in Moscow has been

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