Translator and Interpreter Training: Innovation, Assessment and Recognition

Translation has played an increasingly important role in the development of human history. Thus, this forum and conference will bring together academics, researchers and professionals from Asia and beyond to exchange insights, experiences, views and perspectives on current and future developments in the translation and intepreting fields. In this context, we are pleased to anounce that the FIT Seventh Asian Translators’ Forum will be held in Penang, Malaysia, in 2013.

The FIT Asian Translators’ Forum is an international conference and a significant event in the Asian regional translation community. It is held every three years under the auspices of the International Translators’ Federation (FIT). The first forum was held in Beijing (1995), the second in Seoul, South Korea (1998), the third in Hong Kong (2001), the fourth in Beijing (2004), the fifth in Bogor, Indonesia (2007) and the sixth in Macao, China (2010).

The FIT Seventh Asian Translators’ Forum, will be co-organized by the Malaysian Translators Association (MTA), Universiti Sains Malaysia, the Malaysian Institute of Translation and Books (ITBM), and the Institute of Language and Literature (DBP), under the patronage of the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. Universiti Sains Malaysia will be the host of the forum, together with the 14th International Conference of Translation from the 27th to 29th August 2013. About 300 participants from all over the world will be invited to attend both the forum and conference.

ABOUT THE FORUM:

The FIT Asian Translators’ Forum is an international conference and a significant event in the Asian regional translation community. It is held every three years under the auspices of the International Translators’ Federation/Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs (FIT).

Seventh Asian Translators’ Forum

Theme: Translator and Interpreter Training: Innovation, Assessment and Recognition
Date: 27-29 August 2013
Place: Penang, Malaysia

Organizers: Malaysian Translators Association (MTA), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysian Institute of Translation and Books (ITBM) and Institute of Language and Literature (DBP), under the patronage of the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Education, Malaysia.

Host:   Universiti Sains Malaysia

Sixth Asian Translators’ Forum
Theme: Translation and Intercultural Communication: Past, Present and Future
Date: 6-8 November, 2010
Place: Macao, SAR, China
Organizers: University of Macau, Federation of Translators and Interpreters of Macau; Macau Foundation
Host: University of Macau

Fifth Asian Translators’ Forum
Theme: Translation and Cultural Dialog
Date: 11-12 April 2007
Place: Bogor, Indonesia
Organizer: Translators Association of Indonesia

Fourth Asian Translators’ Forum
Theme: Translation, Cognition and Interdisciplinary Studies
Date: 29-31 October 2004
Place: Beijing, China
Organizers: Translators Association of China, Tsinghua University

Third Asian Translators’ Forum
Theme: Translation in the New Millenium: Inter-Continental Perspectives on Translation
Date: 6-8 December 2001
Place: Hong Kong SAR, China
Organizers: The Hong Kong Society of Translation, the Centre of Asian Studies of University of Hong Kong, Lingnan University Literature and Translation Centre

Second Asian Translators’ Forum
Theme: Translation in the 21st Century
Date: 2-5 August 1998
Place: Seoul, Korea
Organizer: Association of Korean Translation

First Asian Translators’ Forum
Theme: Friendship, Communication and Cooperation
Date: 31 July - 3 August 1995
Place: Beijing, China
Organizers: Translators Association of China