The governing bodies are supported by different committees, which report to the Council annually about their activities, and to the congress. The goal of the Federation is to promote professionalism in the disciplines it represents.Interpreters and translators are feeling the economic effects of the global health emergency as conferences and meetings are being cancelled throughout the world. It seeks constantly to improve conditions for the profession in all countries and to uphold translators' rights and freedom of expression.
The Federation of International Translators . The goal of the Federation is to promote professionalism in the disciplines which it represents. FIT (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs / International Federation of Translators) is an international grouping of associations of translators, interpreters and terminologists. The FIT is a worldwide organisation, composed of the national translation organisations from over 60 countries. It represents over 100,000 translators … More than 130 professional associations and training institutes are affiliated, representing more than 85,000 translators … Through its member associations, FIT represents the moral and material interests of over 60,000 translators on all five continents.FIT is a strictly non-political organization of professional translators.
Enjoy your reading!FIT (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs / International Federation of Translators) is an international grouping of associations of translators, interpreters and terminologists. The FIT Secretariat has been located in Switzerland since October 2010, after 11 years in Canada, and is run by FIT's Executive Director, Jeannette Ørsted.The FIT's supreme body is the statutory congress, which is held every three years. It brings together delegations from the member associations, and it elects the Council, which in turn elects its Executive Committee and directs the FIT until the next world congress.
The statutory congress is followed by an open congress, which is an outstanding platform for exchanges among all professionals in the translation sector.FIT has had a part-time secretariat (20 hours a week) since 1999. The Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs is an international grouping of associations of translators, interpreters and terminologists. The Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs (FIT), registered in accordance with the law of France, shall be a federation of representative organizations grouping the different categories of translators existing in the various countries; commercial translation agencies may not become members.
More than 130 professional associations and training institutes are affiliated, representing more than 85,000 translators in 55 countries. This chapter elaborates International Federation of Translators (FIT) Statutes. The secretariat is the anchor for FIT's membership administration and activities. Download as pdf file. The secretariat works closely with the EC and Council and relevant task forces.The Federation, through its committees, undertakes to meet the various expectations of its members by addressing matters of training, conditions of work, the various aspects of the profession, and the categories of translators, interpreters and terminologists. Founded in Paris in 1953 by Pierre-Francois Caill?, FIT is an international federation of translators’ associations which are located in nearly 50 countries throughout the world.