IAPTI
Abbreviation | IAPTI |
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Formation | 30 September 2009 |
Legal status | pending |
Location | |
Region served | Worldwide |
President of the Board of Directors | Aurora Humarán |
Website | IAPTI |
The International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI[1]), an NPO, is a translators and interpreters association.
Organization
Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, IAPTI was established on 30 September, 2009, Saint Jerome's day.[2] Created by a group of professional language mediators as a vehicle for promoting ethical practices in translation and interpretation[3] and providing a forum for discussing problems typical of the globalized world, such as crowdsourcing, outsourcing, bad rates and other abuse.[4]
IAPTI applied for registration as a civil association in the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina), the legal registration of which is currently pending with the Office of the Argentine Inspector-General for Justice.[5] According to its bylaws, the Association is directed and managed by a Board of Directors made up of the six following officers: President, Vice President, Secretary General, Treasurer, two Voting Members and two Alternate Voting Members.[6]
In 2012, IAPTI was accepted by FIT as an observer member.[7]
Honorary members
Its honorary members are the following:[8]
- Noam Chomsky
- Mona Baker
- Valentín García Yebra (in memoriam)
- Sergio Viaggio
- Fernando Navarro
- Suzanne Jill Levine
- Ricardo Chiesa
- Lucille Barnes
- Madeleine Lee
- David Bellos
References
- ↑ IAPTI - AcronymFinder.com
- ↑ "International Translators Association Launched in Argentina". Latin American Herald Tribune. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "IAPTI". Lexis.pro. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ IAPTI announced at Fundéu (Spanish)
- ↑ "IAPTI - International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters". www.iapti.org. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "IAPTI bylaws". www.iapti.org. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "IAPTI, observer member - FIT". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ Honorary members of IAPTI