Happy International Translation Day! This 30 September, we once again take the opportunity to honour our profession. With our theme “Translation unveils the many faces of humanity”, we celebrate the many faces that make up our professional community.
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Advances in the world of AI move fast. In response, on 29 May 2023, presidents of FIT member associations had an initial meeting organised by Max de Brouwer of the Chambre belge des traducteurs et interprètes (CBTI-BKVT) to discuss recent developments and how associations could and should respond. While attendees’ viewpoints ranged, they generally agreed that, with
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On 29 July, FIT LatAm held its annual general meeting (AGM), in conjunction with the Fifth International Congress of the Colegio de Traductores e Intérpretes de Chile (COTICH). In-person attendees hailed from Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, and Argentina, an d other colleagues attended virtually from across Latin America, representing 18 associations. At the meeting, the Regional Centre presented
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FIT LatAm and FIT North America are thrilled to be unveiling a new tool, a product of their collaboration with the FIT Education and Professional Development Standing Committee and inspired by FIT Europe’s CPD Calendar: the FIT Americas Shared CPD Calendar! Watch this space for more information as we bring this new tool online. Guillaume
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On 22 July, the Colegio de Traductores del Perú (CTP) held its much anticipated event, the Second National Conference of Translation and Interpreting Faculty, at Hotel José Antonio Deluxe in Miraflores, Lima. Numerous educators attended, representing the four universities currently offering T&I degrees in Peru: Ricardo Palma University (URP), Sacred Heart Women’s University (UNIFE), César Vallejo University
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While some translation companies have adopted practices borrowed from the association world, such as corporate social responsibility, democratic governance, social and community goals, etc., nonprofit associations are being managed more like businesses, with budgets, tax issues, and divisions of labour. Association-businesses and business-associations are like chameleons in a complex environment where everything seems to blur
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Between 14 May 1994 and today, there have been hardships – and many joys. We’ve consolidated our organisational and professional life to the point where we were able to organise and host the successful XXII FIT World Congress last year and our own VII National Congress this year. On 14 May 2023, we proudly marked the 29th anniversary of the
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Literary awards have always been a way to recognise and appreciate books and have been immensely influential on the professional lives of writers, translators, and illustrators. In Iran, a number of state and non-state organisations present such awards, honouring laureates with cash prizes, medals, and certificates. However, none of these awards are specifically for translated
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The city of Alcalá de Henares, Cervantes’ birthplace, was the perfect backdrop for hosting Cantera 2023. Cantera is an initiative launched in 2018 by alitral (the Ibero–American Alliance for the Promotion of Literary Translation) that resumed this year after a pandemic-imposed hiatus.
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Chilean designer and ITD poster contest winner Marta Saavedra describes the inspiration behind her design.
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