The Association sénégalaise des traducteurs (ASTRA) organised an informal meeting of mentors and mentees as part of its TETTE (pronounced ‘tay-TAY’, a Wolof term that means helping an infant to take their first steps) mentoring scheme. The event took place at a restaurant in Dakar that provided a friendly setting ideal for intergenerational discussions, sharing
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To understand how complex our continent’s linguistic landscape is, we need to look beyond the ever-increasing, and increasingly controversial, figures on the number of languages spoken by one and a half billion Africans. A relatively new form of plurilingualism is emerging that, more than the weight of multilingualism, is pitting African languages against the ‘partners’
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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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There is reason to celebrate! The FIT family is expanding with the birth of a fourth Regional Centre, this time in and for Africa. The online event took place on Saturday, 29 July 2023. Witnesses included FIT President Alison Rodriguez, three vice presidents, and a number of Council members. What made this day even more special was
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