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The challenges of creating the new Irish dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 10d

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Happy International Translation Day!
Bonne Journée Mondiale de la Traduction !
¡Feliz Día Internacional de la Traducción!
#xl8 #translation #traduction #traducción

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 22d

Ireland’s first ever monolingual Irish dictionary will launch this October. No word for “avocado”? Now there is: abhacád.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

#FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8

Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October

www.irishtimes.com

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 25d

Errors uncovered in a Deloitte report prepared for the federal government in Australia raise fresh concerns it may have been partly generated using AI.

www.afr.com/companies/pr...

#FITEurope #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIethics #Accountability #PublicSector

Deloitte's report errors raise AI ethics concerns | Paul Smith posted on the topic | LinkedIn

New errors have been found in a major report Deloitte prepared for the federal government (at a cost of $439,000) raising further suspicions some of the content was generated by artificial intelligenc...

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 28d

FIT Europe thanks the outgoing FIT Council 2022-2025 for its work over the past three years and congratulates the new FIT Council 2025-2028 especially to its European members!

We look forward to fruitful collaboration with the new Council.

#FITEurope #FIT #FIT2025 #translation #xl8 #t9n

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Aug 20

Registration for Translating Europe Forum 2025 is open!

One of the profession’s key challenges will be examined: maintaining quality in #translation.

Registrations: commission.europa.eu/.../translat....

#TEF2025 #Brussels #Europe #EuropeanCommission #xl8

Home page - FIT Translatio EN

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our Chair, John Anthony O'Shea, attended the EST #Congress in #Leeds and spoke on the panel about the #economics of #translation. He spoke about collaboration between associations and academia,and about how academics need to work on research topics that help showcase the value of our profession.

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Jul 2

📰 The new issue of #Translatio is now available online in #English, #Spanish and #French with two articles written by the European associations AIT and AITI. Happy reading!
en: en.translatio.fit-ift.org
es: es.translatio.fit-ift.org
fr: fr.translatio.fit-ift.org

#xl8 #1nt #FITEuropeAssociations

The newsletter of the International Federation of Translators Click here Share your news with the FIT community FIT member associations are encouraged to share what they’re up to by submitting article...

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Jun 13

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION
& INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Call for Papers: Special Issue on the Sustainability of Interpreting as a Profession in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.
Manuscripts should not be 4,000 to 6,000 words long.
More info: shorturl.at/C4i18

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CEATL @ceatl.bsky.social · Jun 13

This #CeatlFriday we share with you another throwback to #StrasbourgConference. Sandra Mouton and Jan Næss from FIT in but a few minutes share a polyglot overview of the immense wealth of the translation network worldwide!
See all this and more on our YouTube page:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLM9...

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · May 27

Last week our chairperson attended the Language Summit 2025 held in Lisbon.
He spoke on two panel discussions:
- Is the Industry Prepared for Structural Change? and
- Bridging Industry Stakeholders in the Age of AI: Highlighting Human Value for Clients.

#Lisbon #event #AI #translation #xl8

ChatGPT gave wildly inaccurate translations — to try and make users happy

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · May 21

ChatGPT gave wildly inaccurate translations — to try and make users happy

www.computerworld.com/article/3985...

#AI #ChatGPT #xl8 #translation

Three recent incidents are reminders that generative AI tools remain troublesome and unreliable. IT buyer beware.

www.computerworld.com

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · May 14

Open letter to Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

creators-for-europe-united.eu
#CreatorsforEuropeUnited #openletterCFEunited #TranslatorsAreCreators #translators #translation #xl8

Creators for Europe United

Open letter to the Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy to protect Europe’s creative soul.

creators-for-europe-united.eu

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · May 7

#FITEuropeAssociations are really aware of the importance of #CPD. Check all the CPD events they have prepared for May and June. 👇
fit-europe-rc.org/.../cpd-news...
#translation #interpreting #xl8 #1nt #terminology #courses #Trados #memoQ #MemoQ #ethics #taxes #cybersecurity #copywriting #webinar

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · May 5

FIT Europe Board meeting in London.
Thanks to our member association AIT for hosting our meeting. This weekend our board has been working very hard on many events, projects and surveys for the coming months. Stay tuned!

#FITEuropeBoard #FITEuropeAssociations #xl8 #1nt #translation #interpreting

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Apr 21

"Successful Careers in Translation and Interpreting supported by AI", a free webinar by a team of academics from the University of Surrey in partnership with FIT Europe.
It will be on Friday 2 May 15:00 hours CET and will last 90 min.
Registrations: events.teams.microsoft.com/.../b3aac056....

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Félix do Carmo @felixdocarmo.bsky.social · Apr 21

Interested in #Translation and #AI?
Join our free #webinar on 2 May @ 3pm CET.
The session is a #free introduction to our upcoming #CPD course in collaboration with
@fiteurope.bsky.social

Register here: shorturl.at/JwMmL

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APTIC @apticassociacio.bsky.social · Apr 7

🌹📚 Encetem la campanya de visibilitat del 2025 amb una selecció de traduccions recomanades per membres de l'APTIC. Comencem! 👇

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Apr 3

#FITEuropeAssociations are really aware of the importance of #CPD. Check all the CPD events they have prepared for this month. 👇
fit-europe-rc.org/en/resources...

#translation #interpreting #xl8 #1nt #terminology #courses #webinar #mentalhealth #AI #MemoQ #transcreation

6 ingredients of a good translation

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Apr 2

6 ingredients for a good translation.

www.iti.org.uk/resource/6-i...

#xl8 #translation #ITI #FITEuropeAssociations #blog

www.iti.org.uk

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Mar 31

"New MOU between FIT and #EULITA", written by Liese Katschinka, FIT Honorary Advisor, EULITA Former President and member of #Universitas and #AIIC.

en.translatio.fit-ift.org/2025/03/28/m...

#t9n #xli8 #1nt #FITEuropeAssociations #StrongerTogether

New MOU between FIT and EULITA - FIT Translatio EN

FIT and EULITA renew their memorandum of understanding (MOU) in new agreement signed in Budapest, Hungary, in November 2024.

AIT advocates for the future - FIT Translatio EN

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Mar 31

"AIT advocates for the future", written by the Association of Interpreters and Translators (AIT).

en.translatio.fit-ift.org/2025/03/28/a...

#t9n #xl8 #1nt #FITEuropeAssociations #UK

AIT is dedicated to achieving protection of title for interpreters and translators, raising professional standards, and more.

Per aspera ad astra: 5 years of UATI - FIT Translatio EN

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Mar 31

"Per aspera ad astra: 5 years of UATI", written by the Ukrainian Association of Translators and Interpreters (UATI).

en.translatio.fit-ift.org/2025/03/28/5...

#t9n #xl8 #1nt #FITEuropeAssociations #Ukraine

The Ukrainian Association of Translators and Interpreters celebrates its fifth anniversary and takes stock of its achievements and challenges.

FIT Council meeting and international forum in Ljubljana - FIT Translatio EN

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Mar 31

"FIT Council meeting and international forum in Ljubljana", written by the Association of Sworn Court Interpreters and Legal Translators of Slovenia (SCIT®).

en.translatio.fit-ift.org/2025/03/28/f...

#t9n #xl8 #1nt #FITEuropeAssociations #Ljubljana

FIT Council meets for the least in-person meeting of the mandate in Ljubljana, Slovenia, hosted by SCIT and coinciding with an important forum.

Home page - FIT Translatio EN

FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · Mar 31

🗞 The new issue of #Translatio is now available online in #English, #Spanish and #French with articles written by four #FITEuropeAssociations. Happy reading!
▶️ en: en.translatio.fit-ift.org
▶️ es: es.translatio.fit-ift.org
▶️ fr: fr.translatio.fit-ift.org

#t9n #xl8 #1nt

The newsletter of the International Federation of Translators Click here Share your news with the FIT community FIT member associations are encouraged to share what they’re up to by submitting article...