International Translation Day (ITD) is a time for translation and interpreting professionals worldwide to come together and celebrate their contributions to global communication and understanding. The Asociación Panameña de Traductores e Intérpretes (APTI) took the opportunity to commemorate the day with enthusiasm and camaraderie, making it a memorable event for its members, families, and guests
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The Association sénégalaise des traducteurs (ASTRA) has opened a new chapter in its history with the election of a new board at its annual general meeting, which took place on 30 September 2023. The new officers will actively pursue its mission of promoting the profession in Senegal. As president we now have Daouda Gassama, a founding
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For International Translation Day (ITD) on 30 September 2023, the Association des Professionnels de la Traduction et de l’Interprétation du Cameroun (APTIC) held a conference with a focus on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the translation professions. AI has revolutionised many industries, translation included. It is a technology powered by machine learning algorithms, designed to
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Every October, the Federal Association of Interpreters and Translators (BDÜ) in Germany, partnering with the German Association of Literary Translators (VdÜ), is represented at the world’s largest book fair in Frankfurt. Again this year, the fair featured an International Translation Centre with a stage as well as an information desk where associations could have interesting
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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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Generative AI and other emerging technologies have been developing apace during recent months, resulting in considerable hype in the media. This has generated both a degree of pessimism, as well as more useful and considered thinking. Over recent months, the Institute of Translation and Interpreting has been considering the key issues and opportunities facing our members as
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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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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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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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International Translation Day posters in review For International Translation Day (ITD), which falls on 30 September each year, the Translators Association of China (TAC) proudly presented a video to celebrate this big day with translators and interpreters around the world. Entitled ‘ITD poster exhibition’, the video provided a look back on all the winning ITD theme
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