Year: 2020

EULITA has developed, together with its respective ECPAT-partners in Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands, some modules on the trafficking of human beings, on the interpreting techniques, ethics, etcetera. The first trainings in France and Italy will be delivered online in January 2021. You will find more information in the communications uploaded here and here.

The creation of any association is a challenge; this is particularly true in the context of legal interpretation and translation in Europe.   We shall honor our visionary and charismatic colleagues who, eleven years ago today, rose to such challenge and created the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association.   My special thanks go to...

Today we celebrate and honour all translators, people who allow us to understand other cultures, to take delight in reading foreign poems and to cherish foreign writers, to understand why we have been condemned – or acquitted – in another country, whether the contract we have signed corresponds to our will. Translation does not exist...

EULITA is happy and proud to have EFSLI among its members: its commitment is praiseworthy, our cooperation in the sphere of training permanent. Any language – be it rare, signed, local or international – has its dignity and deserves respect. We celebrate today all the signed languages used around the world, as well as our...

CALL FOR PAPERS APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS EULITA and AssITIG are proud to announce an international conference on: The use of technology in the fields of legal interpreting and legal translation L’utilisation de la technologie dans les domaines de la traduction et de l’interprétation juridiques to be held in Rome, Italy, on 18 and 19 March...

On 29 June 2020 the EULITA General Assembly, convoked online according to the Belgian Royal Decree n.4 of 9 April 2020, elected a new board whose mandate will last three years. Ms Daniela Amodeo Perillo (IT) was confirmed as President; Ms Laura Izquierdo Valverde (ES) and Joanna Miler-Cassino (PL) are the two new Vice-Presidents; Ms...

To our great regret, the planned international conference and General Assembly in Athens cannot be held this year in light of the global coronavirus pandemic and the associated risks and security measures. According to EULITA’s constitution, the General Assembly nevertheless has to meet at least once a year, which is why the Executive Committee has...

On 9 May 2020 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the “Schuman declaration”, which owes its name to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs of the time, Robert Schuman, and which represents the founding text of European integration, followed, one year after, by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). In his...

To all Governments in Europe, On behalf of EULITA, the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association, I would like to express my profound sorrow at the loss of lives and all the difficulties your government and your country are currently experiencing as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has developed into an unprecedented...

We regret to inform you that on Sunday afternoon, the Greek government has announced a 4-week ban on all international conferences in Greece. Unfortunately, this means that the EULITA/PEEMPIP Conference and the General Assembly cannot take place as scheduled. We will get back to you shortly with more information concerning alternative dates and how to...