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The world language community, together with its humanitarian partners @amnesty, @pen_int and @IRAP, are asking SG @jensstoltenberg to urge @NATO allies to implement evacuation plans for their locally engaged Afghan #interpreters. #ProtectLinguists PLEASE SHARE!

🦉➡️ Check out my latest article:
𝗔 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/journey-translation-standards-certification-sandra-bertolini via @LinkedIn #xl8 #UNI11591 #ISO17100 #certifiedtranslator @normeUNI @Intertek

Are ordinal numbers expressed in words or figures? When should abbreviations be used or avoided? Find out the answers to these burning questions and more in the @UN Editorial Manual produced by #DGACM Editing Section.

➡️ http://bit.ly/2Qg5MkY

USA: Our international language coalition, together with our humanitarian partners @amnesty, @pen_int and @IRAP, are urging @SecBlinken to resettle Afghan #interpreters out of harm's way prior to troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. #ProtectLinguists PLEASE SHARE!

This year, on #EnglishLanguageDay, we're focusing on #Africa❗️

Think you know some #English words borrowed from African languages❓

Test your knowledge with this quiz from our English Translation and Editing Service at @UN HQ 👉🏾https://bit.ly/3v9b7d1

Interpreters in Afghanistan need protection and asylum after withdrawal of German troops.
@TheRedT
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afghanistan/akk-afghanistan-mitarbeiter-101.html

🦉➡️ Proud to be in the video for the 70th Anniversary of my association @AitiTweet
🦉➡️ Proud to be in the revision group of Italian standard @normeUNI 11591 on #translators and #interpreters with @loliva08 & Sandro Corradini, both featured in video https://bit.ly/3eeGzPZ

Key takeaways: #CPD is very important, possibly also because of #Covid, but while expertise of #translators & #interpreters steadily increases, income continues to be an issue. We need to get to grips with this. Associations need to take a closer look at this with LSCs #1nt #xl8

Time for racial equality in literary translation – a statement from our Translators Association: https://societyofauthors.org/News/News/2021/April/Time-for-racial-equality-in-literary-translation #TranslatorsAssociation

We encourage all freelance #xl8 & #1nt out there to contact their national associations to learn more about the #GettingYouUnderstood campaign & to access the visuals with the official translation in their own language. Share them on social media! 📌📰 #translatio