New to the field of translation and want to give your career a boost? If this is the first time you’ve heard about professional associations for translators, or if you already know something about them but want to get a deeper understanding of the topic, then this article will definitely be useful to you. … Lire la suite Translators’ associations: Why join one?
“Translating Europe” is a project born from the desire to create a new platform designed to bring together the various representatives of the translation industry around the EU. It reaches out towards the translation industry at large, be it in the public or in the private sector, as well as a large number of language … Lire la suite Translating Europe
1. The project, the objectives “Translating Europe” is a project born from the desire to create a new platform designed to bring together the various representatives of the translation industry around the EU. It reaches out towards the translation industry at large, be it in the public or in the private sector, as well as … Lire la suite Translating Europe
If you are completely new to translators’ associations, and you are debating which one to pick, here are four reasons you should join the American Translators Association (ATA). First, here is a short introduction of the ATA for newcomers. Founded in 1959, the ATA is a volunteer-driven organization which aims at promoting the recognition of translators and interpreters, establishing dialog … Lire la suite Perks of becoming an ATA Member
1. Where does it come from? First of all, the International Federation of Translators (IFT) was created in Paris in 1953 and brought together associations of translators from all around the world. They started to celebrate and promote translation on the 30th of September every year. This day coincides with the feast of St. Jerome, … Lire la suite International Translation Day
Despite having an international, and in some cases even national, background by allowing different communities to communicate and understand one another, the world of translation and interpretation very often puts aside one of the biggest continents that has an exceptionally large number of languages and dialects spoken: Africa. When especially Europe and North America have … Lire la suite Translation events in Africa
To all students in foreign languages passionate about cinema and any other audiovisual content, this might pique your curiosity. Among all types of translation, audiovisual translation might be one of which we are most aware of on a daily basis. Through all sorts of videos, it entertains us, informs us, gives us access to the … Lire la suite Working in Audiovisual Translation: Let’s Get into the Details!
« Francopho-what?” As the name suggests, “francophonie” refers to all persons and institutions that use French as their mother tongue, language of use, administrative language, language of instruction or chosen language, and so on. You get it. “La francophonie” can also refer to all French-speaking countries as well as to all the countries or regions that … Lire la suite World Congress « La traduction en francophonie »
Building and maintaining a website requires extensive and thorough work, even more so when working with multiple languages. Although machine translation has made significant progress over the past few decades, it is best that businesses and individuals don’t rely on it solely, if at all. This is where professional translators enter the picture. In this … Lire la suite Multilingual Websites: Aspects and Tips for Translators
Video game translation is a field that at first glance seems to be a little different from more common translation fields such as translation in the marketing and promotion sectors. After all, it is about translating the elements of a product, the packaging, the promotion that accompanies it, the product being a video game in … Lire la suite Video Games: Between Technical and Literary Translation
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