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Take a look at my blog in Sarah's Attic to see the ideas floating about inside my loft including some notions on the world of freelance translation/editing/education and useful things I come across as Joint Chair of the ITI Education and Training Committee and by generally being nosy.

 

I have also saved the RSS feeds of some of my favourite sources of information below:

Institute of Translation and Interpreting News

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Mediterranean Editors and Translators News

New workshops for 2012 (Tue, 21 Feb 2012)
MET workshop program posted. First workshop on Friday, 2 March ...
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MET-APTIC get-together (Tue, 21 Feb 2012)
Details on the {cms_selflink page="members_met-aptic" text="MET-APTIC page"} in the members’ area ...
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2nd International Conference on Academic Writing (Sun, 25 Dec 2011)
Theme: Academic Writing in a Changing World. Tel Aviv, Israel, 31 July - 1 August, 2012. Deadline for submission of abstracts 30 December 2011. A selected number of abstracts will be accepted after the deadline. ...
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Foreign Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (Mon, 12 Dec 2011)
Conference on Intercultural Linguistic Competence and Foreign/Second Language Immersive Environments, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2012 ...
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11th ESSE Conference, Istanbul (Mon, 07 Nov 2011)
The European Society for the Study of English, 4-8 September 2012; deadline for proposals: 31 January 2012. ...
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Society of Authors News

The Society of Authors has a Translators Association for those translating books and poetry.

Education Committee takes oral evidence into the examination system for 15-19 Year olds in England (Tue, 21 Feb 2012)
16 February 2012 The Education Committee will hold an evidence session today in Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster, as part of its inquiry into the administration of examinations for 15–19 year olds in England. You can watch the session on Parliament Live TV from 09:30am. Inquiry: The administration of examinations for 15-19 year olds in England 9.30am read more
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SoA Translation Prize Winners Announced (Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
On Monday 06 February five translators received prizes totalling over £14,000 at the Society of Authors’ Translation Prizes, held at Kings Place, London. The prizes were presented by Sir Peter Stothard of the TLS at the special readings event, held in conjunction with the Sebald Lecture, this year given by Sean O'Brien (pictured). read more
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PLR News - Most Borrowed Lists Announced (Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
Children’s writers ride high in PLR’s most borrowed authors list Five children’s writers are among the Top 10 most borrowed authors in UK libraries. Read more... It’s Criminal Thrillers and crime novels by American writers dominate the top 10 list of the most borrowed titles from UK libraries. Read more... read more
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The Imison and Tinniswood Awards 2011 (Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
Winners announced at the inaugural BBC Audio Drama Awards, hosted by David Tennant and presented by David Edgar. read more
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The BBC Audio Drama Awards (Tue, 10 Jan 2012)
The winners of the first ever BBC Audio Drama Awards were announced on Sunday 29 January 2012. read more
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