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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After almost two years of talking about artificial intelligence (AI), what it does, how we can use it, and where it will lead us, we are now seeing that talk translate into action, with businesses and governments exploring the implementation of unsupervised AI, including for translation and interpreting. We’ve warned against it, and now we
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From 4–6 September 2025, delegates from around the globe will convene for three days filled with presentations, engaging panels, stimulating discussions, and unparalleled networking opportunities based around the Congress theme Mastering the Machine: shaping an intelligent future. This congress will be unlike any other. It will be hosted at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialised
FIT world congresses are our flagship event: an unrivalled opportunity to bring all areas of the profession into the same room – not only metaphorically, but literally face to face in the same room! Along with riveting keynotes and roundtables bringing together academic and practitioner presentations, FIT congresses offer the chance to meet and connect with
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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
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