YTCx - Intro To Young Translators Community

Intro to Young Translators Community

What is YTF, YTC and YTI? YTF stands for Young Translators Foundation. YTC stands for Young Translators Community. YTI stands for Young Translators International. YTC is a not-for-profit network of young translators and

interpreters, directly under facilitation of YTI’s Executive Committee which acts as or is supported by YTF’s Grants and Investments Council.

YTC is not an association at any level. YTI is an extending of or supported under grants by YTF. YTC is currently temporarily facilitated by YTCxHCMC,

which will be replaced by YTI’s ExCo when possible.

What is YTCx and YTCxHCMC? YTCx is a local section of Young Translators Community. Every YTCx represents a local community of translators

and interpreters (in order from lower to higher level of section: university, city, country, region, continent).

YTCxHCMC represents for community of translators in Hồ Chí Minh City and its members meet up every two weeks. Check YTCxHCMC’s website (in Vietnamese) for more details: dichgiatre.blogspot.com.

All YTCxs connect together through a common gateway: Young Translators International.

Communication for YTCx Website:

1. Official page or links to website for continential, regional and national sections in YTI’s main site.2. Official website or page for city and university sections within national section site.

Email: [email protected] Tel: office number or representative’s number Social media:

1. Local: Mimo, Zing Me, Xing, VK, Renren, etc.2. Global: Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Plurk, Culture 360, Keewi, Linkedin, etc.

Steps to formation of YTCx Form group of translators and interpreters Contact higher sections to register as a section under

Young Translators Community (as a platform) in university/city/country/region/continent.

The main source language of each section reflects the official mother tongue language spoken in each section according to geographic location and local culture.

Let's meet up at least one or twice a month to share experience on your career to your colleagues and students, contributing to better development of common translation community.

Sample agenda for a meeting 18:00: Reception & Registration 18:15: “Intro to Young Translators Foundation” 19:00: Questions and answers 20:00: Group photo 20:10: Networking & job matching 20:30: Practice of simultaneous interpreting

Events organized by YTCx Career orientation: intro to translation and interpretation

as a profession to students and young people, translation competition for students, etc.

Conferences/seminars/workshops on cross-lingual topics: multi-lingual family and community, models of language speaking communities, overseas study scholarships, translation training, etc.

Community projects involving local inhabitants community and experts of linguistics.

Other activities with partners.

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