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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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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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,
New FIT Council Elected Read More »
It’s hard to believe that this will be my last president’s message for Translatio; how fast three years have flown by! When I said in my first president’s message that the new Council would have ‘a lot to manage’, I had no idea just how true that would be. The journey forward was more complex than
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If it seems that things have been quiet of late and you haven’t heard much from FIT Council, it’s because we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes preparing for an exciting FIT Congress this September. By the time you read this, registration will be open – check the Congress website for all the details. We’re
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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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FIT Council is pleased to share this year’s theme for International Translation Day (ITD): Translation, an art worth protecting. Inspired by issues surrounding copyright, this year’s theme embraces the recognition of translations as original creative works in their own right, owed the benefit of copyright protection under the Berne Convention. As the creators of derivative
ITD 2024 theme and 2025 Congress venue announced Read More »
FIT is abuzz with activity for members’ benefit. Learn about what’s going on at FIT in this article, including ITD and the next Congress.
FIT member benefits: what we can do together (part 2) Read More »
