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Proposal for “LIT Search” 19/06/2013 10:19

A proposal for “LIT Search”, a pilot project for an EU database of legal interpreters and translators, was filed under the Call for Proposals JUST/2013/JPEN/AG (Specific Programme “Criminal Justice” – 2007 to 2013).

The “LIT Search” project will be a pilot project to explore the modalities and practical features of such a database and eventually link up the countries participating in the pilot project. A decision on the proposed project can be expected by late November of this year.

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Save the date: The 4th General Assembly of EULITA will be held in Krakow, Poland, on 5 April 2014. 19/06/2013 10:08

TEPIS and ÖVGD are jointly organizing a conference on "The New Tasks of Legal Interpreters and Translators in the Enlarged Europe" on 3 and 4 April 2014, which will precede the EULITA General Assembly. The conference will mark the 10th anniversary of the 2004 enlargement of the EU. The focus of the conference will be on the Central European EU countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) and their neighbours (Belarus, Ukraine and Russia). A Call for Papers and more details about the event and the venue will follow in due course.

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QUALETRA: Deadline for completion of surveys extended 06/06/2013 11:35

The deadline for the surveys on current practices in 1) assessing legal translation (product, translator and service/process quality assurance) and 2) legal training of translators/language training of legal practitioners has been extended to 30 June 2013.

Below are the links to the surveys.

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3rd General Assembly in London 24/04/2013 16:26

On 6 April 2013, EULITA members gathered in London for the 3rd Annual General Assembly, which took place in connection with the APCI Conference and the QUALETRA Launch Conference. Katy Stifterova was co-opted as the new Secretary. An updated version of the Code of Ethics was adopted and will soon appear on the EULITA website. The Assembly decided to submit an application for a pilot project under the Call for Proposals in order to carry out a pilot project for a European database for legal interpreters and translators. This is a project mentioned in the Stockholm Roadmap.

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3rd General Assembly of EULITA 19/02/2013 16:08

The 3rd General Assembly of EULITA in London on 6 April 2013 will take place in conjunction with the APCI Conference on “The Challenges to Professional Translation and Interpreting in the Justice Sector” (www.apciinterpreters.org.uk) on 5 and 6 April 2013. It is preceded by the launch conference for the QUALETRA (Quality in Legal Translation) project on 4 April 2013 (qualetra@eulita.eu).

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Legal interpreting in Greece: DIDI is underway 11/02/2013 11:12

DIDI is a research project co-funded by the Hellenic Republic and the European Social Fund and it deals with the interpreting before police and court authorities between non-Greek speakers and public servants in Greece. DIDI was officially initiated on October 15th 2012 and is in his first steps. The two-year project has been launched by the Department of Applied Foreign Languages in Management and Commerce, Epirus Institute of Technology.

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