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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

🎉🎉🎉 Happy International Translation Day! Bonne Journée Mondiale de la Traduction ! ¡Feliz Día Internacional de la Traducción! #xl8 #translation #traduction #traducción

Ireland’s first ever monolingual Irish dictionary will launch this October. No word for “avocado”? Now there is: abhacád. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025... #FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8

Errors uncovered in a Deloitte report prepared for the federal government in Australia raise fresh concerns it may have been partly generated using AI. www.afr.com/companies/pr... #FITEurope #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIethics #Accountability #PublicSector

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

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

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.

📰 The new issue of #Translatio is now available online in #English, #Spanish and #French with two articles written by the European associations AIT and AITI. Happy reading! en: en.translatio.fit-ift.org es: es.translatio.fit-ift.org fr: fr.translatio.fit-ift.org #xl8 #1nt #FITEuropeAssociations

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

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...

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

ChatGPT gave wildly inaccurate translations — to try and make users happy www.computerworld.com/article/3985... #AI #ChatGPT #xl8 #translation

Open letter to Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy creators-for-europe-united.eu #CreatorsforEuropeUnited #openletterCFEunited #TranslatorsAreCreators #translators #translation #xl8

#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

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

"Successful Careers in Translation and Interpreting supported by AI", a free webinar by a team of academics from the University of Surrey in partnership with FIT Europe. It will be on Friday 2 May 15:00 hours CET and will last 90 min. Registrations: events.teams.microsoft.com/.../b3aac056....

Interested in #Translation and #AI? Join our free #webinar on 2 May @ 3pm CET. The session is a #free introduction to our upcoming #CPD course in collaboration with @fiteurope.bsky.social Register here: shorturl.at/JwMmL

🌹📚 Encetem la campanya de visibilitat del 2025 amb una selecció de traduccions recomanades per membres de l'APTIC. Comencem! 👇

#FITEuropeAssociations are really aware of the importance of #CPD. Check all the CPD events they have prepared for this month. 👇 fit-europe-rc.org/en/resources... #translation #interpreting #xl8 #1nt #terminology #courses #webinar #mentalhealth #AI #MemoQ #transcreation

6 ingredients for a good translation. www.iti.org.uk/resource/6-i... #xl8 #translation #ITI #FITEuropeAssociations #blog

🗞 The new issue of #Translatio is now available online in #English, #Spanish and #French with articles written by four #FITEuropeAssociations. Happy reading! ▶️ en: en.translatio.fit-ift.org ▶️ es: es.translatio.fit-ift.org ▶️ fr: fr.translatio.fit-ift.org #t9n #xl8 #1nt

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⚖️ Justice should not get lost in translation. "Fundamental to the justice system is the ability of any person involved in court proceedings to comprehend any allegations put to them, and to clearly understand any subsequent court hearings." #xl8 #1nt #justice www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...

3 federations – CEATL, EFJ and EWC – representing over 550,000 authors from 159 associations in the text sectors, express their strong opposition to the third draft of the EU's Code of Practice under the EU's AI Act legislation in an open letter. www.ceatl.eu/not-fit-for-...

Registration for the XXIII FIT World Congress is now open. Join the International Federation of Translators, @wipo.int and the global industry at the XXIII FIT World Congress, 4-6 September 2025! fitift.eventsair.com/fit2025/regi... #xl8 #1nt #event #congress #Switzerland #Geneva

The results of the 2025 European Language Industry Survey (#ELIS) were unveiled yesterday and our chairperson, John Anthony O'Shea, reported on the results related to freelance #translators and #interpreters (00:55:39). Presentation goo.su/4ho7m Report: goo.su/9zpfHj Results: goo.su/lgdb #xl8 #1nt

Some #FITEurope associations are also here. Follow them! - @asetrad.bsky.social - @apticassociacio.bsky.social - @iti-uk.bsky.social - @itiscotnet.bsky.social - @atiireland.bsky.social - @adue-nord-cpd.bsky.social - @avue.bsky.social #xl8 #1nt #strongertogether #associations #socialmedia

The results of the 2025 #ELIS Survey will be unveiled during a free European Commission's TEW taking place on Tuesday,18th March at 4pm CET. Our chairperson will report on the results related to freelance #translators and #interpreters. Registrations: zoom.us/web.../regis.... #FITEurope #xl8 #1nt

You can now register for the #EULITA #Conference on “The Unbearable Lightness of Introducing Machine & AI-generated Translation/Interpreting to Legal Settings”, which will be held on 4-5 April 2025 in #Ljubljana, #Slovenia. More info and registrations: www.eulita.eu/en/2025/01/1... #xl8 #1nt #AI

As a freelance translator or interpreter, how often do you take a #CPD course? FIT Europe member associations are really aware of the importance of CPD. Check all the CPD events they have prepared for this month. 👇 lc.cx/taVhT3 #translation #interpreting #xl8 #1nt #terminology #courses #SLDTrados

The Association of Sworn Court #Interpreters and Legal #Translators of Slovenia invites you to the International Forum on #Translation and #Interpreting 2025: The Power of Words and the Intelligent Future, taking place on Saturday, 29 March 2025, at the Grand Plaza Hotel in #Ljubljana. lc.cx/QUjgx3

Prof. Mikel L. Forcada's lecture "Harmful Effects of Machine Translation and Their Mitigation: A Preliminary Taxonomy" is now available on #Youtube. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIZR... #machinetranslation #xl8 #translation #UJI #UniversitatJaumeI