International Translation Day 2011

Translation: Bridging Cultures

• Press release 2011

The theme of FIT's 2011 Congress, namely Bridging Cultures, is a fitting encapsulation of a major purpose of translation, which is to spread the all-important truth that humanity is fundamentally the same. The differences are only in the details, that is to say, in the cultures that nurture us, that make us express that universal humanity. [See Acceptance Speech for the Karel Čapek Award here.]

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• Worldwide Activities for ITD September 2011 (pdf)

indicates a few of the activities being organised by member associations this year.

Click for more information: STIBC, PEN Club, SFT, SATI Gauteng and Cape Town

International Translation Day is not the only day using St Jerome and his feastday to honour language and language workers. The EU celebrates the European Day of Languages (EDL) on 26 September, although -- as in the case of ITD -- the celebrations are held over a much longer period in different countries. You can read more about EDL at http://edl.ecml.at/. 

• Thai celebration of International Translation Day
• ITI virtual coffee morning to celebrate ITD
• Writers in Translation section of the PEN Club
• Taking Flight

• Message from Marion Boers for ITD