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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At FIT Europe Annual Meeting 2026, we are delighted to welcome Francesca Matteoda for a practical session on Yoga and Ergonomics for Translators and Interpreters. asetrad.org/noticia?id=109

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At the FIT Europe Annual Meeting 2026, we are delighted to welcome Elena Álvarez, who will explore “Large Language Models from a Linguistic Perspective.” Join us to look beyond the hype and explore AI through the lens of linguistics. Secure your place today! asetrad.org/noticia?id=109

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

FIT Europe Annual Meeting 2026 If you are self-employed and sometimes struggle to switch off, say no, or protect your well-being, this session is definitely for you. 📅 20–21 Nov 📍 Matadero de Madrid, Spain 🤝 Hosted by @asetrad.org Registration is now open! asetrad.org/noticia?id=109 #xl8 #1nt

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

FIT Europe Annual Meeting 2026. This year’s programme brings together an inspiring line-up of speakers and topics. 📅 20–21 November 2026 📍 Matadero de Madrid 🤝 Hosted by ASETRAD Registration is now open: asetrad.org/noticia?id=109 #FITEurope #FITforTheFuture #FITEurope2026 #xl8 #1nt #associations

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

FIT Europe Annual Meeting 2026. Meet our great speakers! Registration is now open – secure your place today! asetrad.org/noticia?id=109 #FITEurope2026 #xl8 #1nt #FITfortheFuture

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Registration is now open for the #FIT_Europe Annual Meeting 2026! 📅 20–21 November 2026 📍 Matadero Madrid 🤝 Hosted by Asetrad Join colleagues from across Europe for two days of inspiring discussions, collaboration and networking. Register today! lnkd.in/e9eFanmg See you in Madrid! #FITEurope2026

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

FIT Europe Board meeting in Vienna. Thanks to our member association Universitas Austria for hosting our meeting. Last weekend our board was working very hard on many events, projects and surveys for the coming months. Stay tuned! #FITEuropeBoard #FITEuropeAssociations #xl8 #1nt

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American Translators Association @atanet.org · 11/06/2026

🌐 Join the ATA-FIT Standards Symposium on June 18 to explore the current developments, challenges, and opportunities related to the standards shaping the future of the translation and interpreting professions: bit.ly/4epfM3S . . . #ATA #FIT #ASTM #ISO #Translator #Interpreter #AI #xl8 #1nt

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Don’t miss the announcement of ELIS results on Monday, 17 March at 16:00 (Brussels time). ELIS is one of the most important annual studies exploring trends across the global language industry. Register for the event here: elis-survey.org #FITEurope #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #ELIS2026

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

As AI-generated books become increasingly common, UK authors are advocating for a ‘Human-Created’ logo to help readers identify works written by humans www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #FITEurope #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8 #CEATL #AI

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UK Society of Authors launches logo to identify books written by humans not AI

Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood market

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

AI ThoughtCon 2026 (March 30–April 1), hosted by the AI Localisation Think Tank, brings together global experts to explore ethical, human-centred AI. Chairperson of FIT Europe, John O'Shea, will participate in the panel discussion on AI Ethics. Register for free here: lnkd.in/d8rsHg5S #FITEurope

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

On 24 Feb, The European Commission will host an online event, Echoes of TEF, which will revisit Translating Europe Forum 2025, dedicated to quality matters. Dates of Translating Europe Forum 2026 will also be announced. Registration open until 22 Feb: translation.ec.europa.eu/news-and-eve...

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Echoes of the 2025 Translating Europe Forum

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Still a few days to take part, don’t delay it! 👉Take part here elis-survey.org The deadline is midnight (CET), Saturday, 31 January.

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

ELIS 2026 is currently open, have your say! 👉 Take part here: elis-survey.org The deadline is midnight (CET), Saturday, 31 January 2026. Your voice matters, don’t miss this opportunity. #FITEurope #interpreting #1nt #translation #xl8 #t9n

Elis 2026 - European language industry survey

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

ELIS 2026 is currently open, have your say! ELIS is one of the most important annual surveys tracking trends, expectations, and challenges in the European language industry. 👉 Take part here: elis-survey.org The deadline is midnight (CET), Saturday, 31 January 2026. #FITEurope #ELIS2026

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The race for AI is accelerating but at what cost? This “Europe Calling” webinar looks into the reckless push for artificial intelligence and explores how things could be different. youtu.be/tH18ODPLUrY?... #FITEurope #translation #t9n #xl8 #interpreting #1nt #LInterpreters #AI

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#249 - Empire of AI – The reckless race for artificial intelligence & how things could be different

YouTube video by Europe Calling

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

ELIS 2026 is now open, have your say! ELIS is one of the most important annual surveys tracking trends, expectations, and challenges in the European language industry. 👉 Take part here: elis-survey.org Deadline: midnight (CET), Saturday, 31 January #FITEurope #interpreting #1nt #translation #xl8

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Lawyer-linguist Deborah do Carmo sheds light on MTPE: marketed as quick and cheap AI with human-level accuracy, yet delivered by translators working under constraints that erode quality while shouldering liabilities tech providers avoid www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-l... #FITEurope

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An open letter to colleagues: we are not mops

After more than two decades working in legal translation across four languages and multiple jurisdictions, I’ve watched our profession reshaped by forces that claim efficiency as a path to our expenda...

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Language Tech Patras event in Greece: John O’Shea (FIT Europe), PEM’s Vice President and Stavroula Sokoli’s (ESIST) on the role of professional translators and interpreters in ensuring legal certainty and public trust, FIT’s AI and MT guidelines, and the AI in Localisation Think Tank #FITEurope

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

RTÉ Investigates reveals that the court interpreter in Ireland’s first FGM conviction, later overturned due to “serious” translation errors, handled over 240 other cases, raising major concerns about court-interpreting standards. www.rte.ie/news/investi... #FITEurope #interpreting #1nt

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Interpreter in overturned FGM conviction worked on over 240 cases

A court interpreter who worked on Ireland's first and only FGM case that was overturned on appeal over translation errors assisted in more than 240 other cases for the Irish Court Services

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

CEATL and EWC call on the global book sector to stand in solidarity with human literary translators following the recent announcement from Amazon to launch Kindle Translate, a new AI-powered translation “service” www.ceatl.eu/books-cannot... #FITEurope #CEATL #EWC #translation #literarytranslation

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Books cannot be translated in a click!

CEATL and EWC call on the global book sector, including writers, agents, publishers and readers, to stand in solidarity with human literary translators after the announcement of Amazon to launch Kindl...

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The EBRD Literature Prize is still open for submissions. It celebrates works of fiction translated into English from EBRD-region languages, with a €20,000 prize shared by author and translator. Submission deadline 8 December. www.ebrd.com/home/news-an... #FITEurope #Ceatl #literarytranslation

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

From Brussels with collaboration FIT Europe Chairman John O’Shea attend the joint #LINDExpertGroup and EMT Network meeting to strengthen Europe’s language professions. #FITEurope #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The Translating Europe Forum 2025 is underway, bringing together translators, language-tech experts and early-career professionals to explore “Quality Matters” in translation and the evolving role of AI. Our Chairman John O'Shea has been in attendance, representing FIT Europe. #FITEurope #2025TEF

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Researchers from the AI Security Institute and several leading universities reviewed over 440 widely-used benchmarks for evaluating artificial intelligence safety and effectiveness, and found that nearly all suffer from significant flaws www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #FITEurope #AI #AIsafety

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Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness

Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Real Impact or Easy Scapegoats? Response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s report ‘Impact of growth of data centres on energy consumption’ by the Association of Translation Companies. atc.org.uk/.../ATC-Resp.... #xl8 #translation #AI #energyconsumption

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino announced the 5th edition of “Dall’Italiano al mondo” – From Italian to the rest of the world - dedicated to supporting the translation of Italian literature. It will take place on 21 November at 2:30 pm at the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino.

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The EMT Online Network Meeting (23–24 Oct), “EMT 2025: Rethinking Translation Education”, gathers members of the European Master’s in Translation network to discuss future of translator training. In attendance is FIT Europe Chair John O’Shea, member of the LIND group. #FITEurope #translation #t9n

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Join the online Translating Europe Workshop „The Multilingual Law: Speaking, Translating and Innovating Legal Language and Discourse”on Monday, 27 October, from 8:00 to 13:15 CET No registration required. 👇Joining link and links in the comments below. #FITEurope #TranslatingEurope

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The CJEU’s recent judgment highlights the real legal impact of linguistic precision in multilingual EU law. curia.europa.eu/juris/docume... #FITEurope #translators #LegalTranslation

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The article shows how generative AI is reshaping translation, pushing professionals into lower-paid post-editing roles. However, it highlights a broader journalistic issue: a lack of critical engagement with the translation profession. archive.ph/dyfoW #FITEurope #AI

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Join a free event tomorrow on how to thrive in the AI era of translation for insights from the LT-LiDER project on AI, digital literacy & translation skills. No registration needed, just tune in: shorturl.at/KT00E #FIT #AI #Translation #DigitalSkills #CPD #xl8 #t9n

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The new issue of #Translatio is now available online in #English, #Spanish and #French, a special issue about the FIT Statutory Congress and the XXIII FIT World Congress celebrated last month in #Geneva. EN: en.translatio.fit-ift.org ES: es.translatio.fit-ift.org FR: fr.translatio.fit-ift.org

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Do you know what the language industry does and how the Language Industry Expert Group helps the European Commission with translation trends, language technologies and industry developments? Find it out here: knowledge-centre-translation-interpretation.ec.europa.eu/en/content/l...

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Language industry - Knowledge Centre on Translation and Interpretation - European Commission

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🎉🎉🎉 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 · 12/09/2025

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 · 20/08/2025

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

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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 · 13/06/2025

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 · 13/06/2025

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 · 27/05/2025

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

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#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 · 05/05/2025

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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