There are some coincidences that feel like fate. As I write my first message as president of FIT, it is 30 September, International Translation Day, which was officially declared by the United Nations in 2017. It’s an annual invitation to honour our fellow professionals, who give a voice to the peoples of the world and foster
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and they’re right! Attendees at both the FIT Statutory and FIT World congresses had their cameras (and camera phones) at the ready and captured the ambiance, excitement, and camaraderie better than any words can. Enjoy the many beautiful photos in this album by council member Jørgen
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During the XXIII World Congress, three members of the Translatio team that diligently produces this humble newsletter together every quarter (Ben Karl, Chair of the Translatio Standing Committee, Marita Propato, Spanish Language Lead, and María Galán, Spanish Language Project Manager) gave a panel to share their experiences working on one of FIT’s flagship publications. The
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In September 2025, the Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Provincia de Córdoba (CTPPC) participated for the first time in the FIT Statutory Congress and the XXIII FIT World Congress, both held at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This milestone marked the beginning of our institution’s international standing in the
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The XXIII FIT Statutory Congress took place from 2 to 3 September 2025 at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland. A six-member delegation of the Translators Association of China (TAC) led by Gao Anming, TAC’s Executive Vice President and Secretary General and Editor-in-Chief of the China International Communications Group,
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On 2–3 September, Geneva played host to the International Federation of Translators (FIT) Statutory Congress, an unmissable, strategy-shaping event for the representatives of FIT’s global network of member translator and interpreter associations. This year, the congress focussed on governance, multilingual dialogue, and a vision of the future of our professions, with the Association des Traducteurs
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FIT Council for the 2025–2028 mandate. In the first row, FIT Honorary Advisors Andy Evans, Liese Katschinka, Reina de Bettendorf, and Henry Liu In Geneva this past September, the FIT Statutory Congress placed its trust in a new FIT Council for the 2025–2028 mandate. FIT Council 2025–2028 Guillaume Deneufbourg, CBTI (Belgium) Laurinda Cecilia Van Tonder,
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Don’t miss the next great opportunity to network with the FIT family and fellow professionals from the translation, interpreting, and terminology profession from around the globe! FIT will hold our Statutory Congress in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2 and 3 September 2025, as well as our World Congress from 4–6 September 2025. We will be hosted at the World Intellectual
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This year, FIT held its second webinar to celebrate International Translation Day (ITD). It was our most successful webinar yet, with over 850 registrations, thanks in part to the amazing speakers who agreed to participate. As attendees asked many more questions than we were able to answer, we thought we would ask each of the
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Every autumn, Portland, Oregon greets visitors with an explosion of colours as the trees around the city turn incredible shades of red, orange, and yellow. This year, the city also welcomed translators and interpreters from all over the world who gathered for the 65th annual conference of the American Translators Association (ATA) at the Oregon
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