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

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

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

🌐 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: https://bit.ly/4epfM3S . . . #ATA #FIT #ASTM #ISO #Translator #Interpreter #AI #xl8 #1nt

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

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

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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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

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...

Echoes of the 2025 Translating Europe Forum

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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.

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 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

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

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

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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

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

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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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

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

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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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

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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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

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

Explore how AI is transforming the Irish legal system. From courtroom transcription to deepfakes, this episode explores ethical, legal and societal challenges of AI in the courtroom. theirishcourtspodcast.podbean.com/e/ai-and-the... #FITEurope #AI #courtinterpreting

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

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

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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The initiative, which introduces formal robes for #courtinterpreters, marks a significant step towards the professionalisation and recognition of the crucial role interpreters play in South Africa's justice system. #SouthAfrica #Africa #1nt #interpreting witness.co.za/news/pieterm...

SA marks historic first as court interpreters don robes for the first time | The Witness

The initiative, which introduces formal robes for court interpreters, marks a significant step towards the professionalisation and recognition of the crucial role interpreters play in South Africa's j...

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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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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