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The International Telecommunication Union is currently looking to recruit a French translator to translate technical, specialized and administrative documents from English and Arabic/Chinese/Russian/Spanish.Requirements: advanced University degree, at least four years of experience in translation...
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What better way to spend the summer than to learn a language in the country where it is spoken? Immerse yourself not only in the language, but also in the culture of the country, travel around and meet people from all over the world.This list focuses exclusively on language courses offered by uni...
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Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation StudiesEdge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK27 – 29 July 2010The 2010 conference is the second in the biennial Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (UCCTS) series, launched to provide a forum for exploring the creation an...
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The Fourth Asian Translation Traditions ConferenceAppropriation and transformation in Asian translation traditionsChinese University of Hong Kong15 – 17 December 2010The Fourth Asian Translation Traditions Conference, jointly organized by the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese Uni...
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Norms in translation and the translation of norms in European institutions and businessesStrasbourg, France23 – 25 June 2010The conference aims to bring together translators, linguists, translator trainers, experts working in the European Institutions, as well as people working in the busin...
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The African Union is currently looking to recruit:- an English interpreter- a French interpreter- an Arabic interpreter- a Portuguese interpreter- an Arabic reviser- a French reviser- an Arabic translator- a French translator- an English translator- a Portuguese translatorApplication deadline: 9 ...
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Summer Translation Institute – Western Michigan UniversityDates: 6 – 30 July 2010Location: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USACourses: Practicum in translation / Theory and business of translation (Arabic, German, Japanese, Old French, Russian – English)M...
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The World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, is looking to recruit a Spanish and French to English translatorRequirements: University degree, preferably in languages, law or economics, at least 3 years of professional experience in translation, perfect command of English and excellent com...
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7th International Conference on Translation: the paratextual elements in translation1st International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies Dates: 21-23 June 2010Location: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, SpainThe Seventh ...
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MultimeDialecTranslation 2010Fourth International Conference on the Translation of Dialects in MultimediaDates: 13-14 May 2010Location: University of Bologna at Forli, ItalyThe conference is directed at academics from various disciplines as well as translators and students who are interested in t...
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The Maastricht session of the 5th International Maastricht-Lódz Duo Colloquium on “Translation and Meaning”Dates: 19-22 May 2010Location: Maastricht (Netherlands), Department of Translation and Interpreting, Maastricht School of International CommunicationThe 2010 Maastricht session will be geare...
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Interpret America 2010 – 1st North American Summit on InterpretingDate: June 17, 2010Location:Washington, DCFrom the Interpret America website:Leaders from across the interpreting spectrum – community, conference, legal, medical, military and signed language – will attend this o...
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Tradulinguas International Technical Translation ConferenceDates: 28-29 May 2010Location: Lisbon, PortugalTwo full days of practical learning sessions – translation and terminology workshops (in Portuguese and in English, more languages if possible) – for the professional translator a...
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One of the most important questions asked by freelance translators, and above all by newcomers to the profession, is: where do I find clients?The fact is that clients won’t start knocking on ...more
A new international association for translators and interpreters was born on September 30 in Argentina: the International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI), or in Spa...more
In most countries, translation is not a regulated profession. Anybody who knows two languages (or thinks he knows two languages) can work as a translator. And this is precisely why there are so man...more
