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Joint appeal by AIIC, FIT and WASLI regarding the economic effects of the coronavirus
6 March 2020Interpreters and translators are feeling the economic effects of the global health emergency as conferences and meetings are being cancelled throughout the world. A joint appeal issued by AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters), FIT (International Federation of Translators) and WASLI (World Association of Sign Language Interpreters) calls on authorities worldwide to consider the economic implications of the coronavirus on …
Joint appeal of Assointerpreti, AIIC Italia and AITI on the COVID-19 emergency
27 February 2020Together with AIIC Italia and AITI, Assointerpreti has addressed a Joint Appeal to the Italian Government to extend financial support measures to interpreting professionals nationwide to face the dire consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. Read the text of the Joint Appeal
FIT “Translatio” Newsletter no. 1, 2020
15 February 2020The new issue of the FIT (International Federation of Translators) Newsletter Translatio is now available. Here are the links to the English version and the French version
Save the date! – Next General Meeting to be held in Florence on 22 March
21 January 2020This year we will be holding our next General Meeting in the wonderful city of Florence on 22 March. As usual, the General Meeeting will be preceded on the previous day by a CPD event for conference interpreters. (Many thanks to Antonio Delvecchio – www.progettografico.eu for his help with the graphics)
Happy 2020 from Assointerpreti!
1 January 2020We would like to start the New Year with a short visual recap of Assointerpreti’s activities in 2019. It was an eventful year for us, both nationally and internationally: we took part in the most important conferences on translation and interpretation which took place in Italy and abroad; we organized and participated in meetings with …
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Assointerpreti organizes a hybrid event in collaboration with KUDO
12 December 2019Assointerpreti is proud to announce that on Friday, 20 December 2019 it will hold a seminar on hybrid events in Rome. The seminar will be organised by the Latium regional group in collaboration with the national Governing Board and the KUDO platform. What exactly is a hybrid event? It is an event where participants attend in person …
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FIT “Translatio” Newsletter no. 3, 2019
28 October 2019The new issue of the FIT (International Federation of Translators) Newsletter Translatio is now available. Here are the links to the English version and the French version
FIT’s Presidents Forum
6 October 2019Assointerpreti participated in the Presidents Forum organised by FIT – International Federation of Interpreters and Translators in Vienna on 6 October 2019. While unfortunately our President Gabriella Rammairone was unable to attend the Forum, Assointerpreti was very well represented by Gabriella Suzanne Vanzan, past president of Assointerpreti and member of the Board of FIT Europe. The meeting …
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International Translation Day 2019
17 September 2019International Translation Day (ITD) will be celebrated around the globe on Monday, 30 September. ITD 2019 “Translation and Indigenous Languages” signals the final act in a week of celebrations that also encompasses the International Day of Sign Languages on 23 September and the European Day of Languages on 26 September. Inaugurated in 1991 by FIT – …
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Video: KUDO’s presentation for Assointerpreti
15 July 2019On 12 April 2019 the Emilia-Romagna regional group of Assointerpreti organised a workshop on Remote Simultaneous Interpreting (RSI), which was held by Alice Bertinotti (candidate member of the Piedmont/Aosta Valley/ Liguria regional group) in Bologna. During the workshop, attendees interacted with the managers of several RSI platforms and also had the opportunity to test them. Special thanks to the KUDO team and to …
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Translating Europe Workshop in Athens
21 June 2019FIT Europe and the EU/DGT organized a Translating Europe Workshop titled “Translation and Interpreting in Crisis Settings” in Athens, in the EKDDA headquarters, on Friday, June 21. One of the speakers who took the floor during the event was Maria Petrocheilou, member of Assointerpreti and President of Sydise, the Hellenic Association of Conference Interpreters. The event, …
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FIT “Translatio” Newsletter
22 March 2019The new issue of the FIT (International Federation of Translators) Newsletter Translatio is now available. Here are the links to the English version and the French version
Agreement with InterpretBank
11 March 2019On the occasion of its 45th anniversary, Assointerpreti established an agreement with the German company Speyer-Mannheim, which was founded by Claudio Fantinuoli, a researcher in the field of Computer-Assisted Interpreting.Members of Assointerpreti will be granted a discount of 20% on the purchase of InterpretBank 6 Freelance (based on the price indicated on the webpage), a …
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Assointerpreti mourns Aiic colleagues
10 March 2019Assointerpreti joins Aiic in mourning its three members and the daughter of another one who died in the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302.In particular, the president of Assointerpreti, Gabriella Rammairone, wrote a message to Stefano Marrone, president of Aiic Italy, to express the condolences of our association to our colleagues.
Assointerpreti Annual CPD Seminar: From the millennial olive trees of Puglia to global climate change
25 February 2019On March 9, 2019, Assointerpreti – the Italian National Association of Professional Conference Interpreters will be holding its annual CPD seminar at Università Aldo Moro in Bari. Our themes: Apulia’s ancient olive trees and global climate change. The seminar will start with a broad look at climate change and then continue with a “Journey among …
Save the date! – Next General Meeting to be held in Bari on 10 March
7 January 2019We are proud to start the New Year by announcing that we will be holding our next General Meeting in the wonderful city of Bari on 10 March. As usual, the General Meeeting will be preceded on the previous day by a CPD event for conference interpreters. See you in Apulia!
Save the date! – Event on remote interpreting in Forlì
8 December 2018On December 12th, 2018, the results of the SHIFT survey on Remote Interpreting, conducted in the framework of the European project “SHIFT in orality“, will be presented in Forlì at the Department of Interpretation and Translation of the University of Bologna. The results will be commented and discussed by key stakeholders – including for Assointerpreti …
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Meeting of the Board of FIT Europe in The Hague
27 November 2018The Board of FIT-Europe held a meeting in The Hague on 24 November 2018. Assointerpreti is represented in the Board by Gabriella Suzanne Vanzan, Past President and current member of the national Governing Board. Below are some pictures taken from the Facebook page of FIT-Europe
FIT Europe Conference “How can Intellectual Property Legislation Benefit Translators?”
23 October 2018FIT Europe organises a conference titled “How can Intellectual Property Legislation Benefit Translators?”, in collaboration with NGTV, CBTI, ALTI and the European Commission. The conference will take place in The Hague on 23 November 2018. Registration is free. All colleagues who are interested in attending the conference are invited to write as soon as possible to secretariat@cbti-bkvt.org …
Happy International Translation Day!
30 September 2018For this year’s International Translation Day, the International Federation of Translators (FIT) – of which Assointerpreti is a member – has selected as theme “Translation: promoting cultural heritage in changing times”. The winning poster of the competition organised by FIT was designed by Riccardo D’Urso, a graphic designer from Udine (Italy). Assointerpreti wishes you all a Happy International …