Translators Associations Africa

This is where Lexis informs you on activities and initiatives, such as training opportunities, conferences and other events, organised by African Translators Associations. If it’s in your professional interest or you represent a translators association in this area, please keep us posted, using the email address editorial@lexis.pro.

Africa: The most multilingual continent in the world has few translators associations

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent, with over one billion people. It is not rare for individuals in this continent to fluently speak not only multiple African languages, but one or more European ones as well. Despite this fact, Africa has only a few known translators associations.

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Africa: Just a few known translators associations

In Africa, there are translators associations in  Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa. The lack of development in the chapter can, perhaps, be explained by the economical and social characterization of this continent.

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Egypt: Translators Associations from the country of Cleopatra

Egypt is a transcontinental country, mainly in North Africa, but with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. It was once the centre of the civilisation that made Cleopatra or Ramses famous. At present, it is an Arab republic, and one of the most important economies in the area.

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Angola: A growing economy where the translation is vital

Lexis couldn't find any translators associations in Angola. If you are aware of any translators association in Angola or are joining forces to create a translators association in your country, contact us for Lexis to help you spread the activity of your organization.

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Sao Tome and Principe: Only 160 000 people in two main islands

In a total of 1001 square kilometers live only about 160 000 inhabitants. Perhaps that is why Lexis, in its research, found no translators associations in Sao Tome and Principe.

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Cape Verde: A heavenly archipelago in coastal West Africa

Cape Verde is an archipelago of volcanic origin, consisting of ten islands. In its research, Lexis couldn't find any translators associations in this African island nation.

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Mozambique: The country of the storyteller Mia Couto

Although Mozambique is a culturally interesting and rich territory, in its research, Lexis couldn't find translators associations in the country, which doesn't mean that there isn't an interpreters and translators association in the African country.

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Guinea-Bissau: From Cape Roxo to the Cagete tip

Guinea-Bissau has 1.5 million inhabitants and its population is over 20 races, with different languages??, social structures and customs. Lexis couldn't find any translators associations in the country.

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From association to institute

The Nigerian Institute of Translators and Interpreters (NITI) was born in 1996. But it has been active since 1978, under a different name.

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Gathering the elite of translation profession in Egypt

ETLA is an Egyptian non-governmental organization gathering the elite of translation profession in Egypt. It was founded in 2006 by the sincere efforts of some Egyptian professional translators and linguists.

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Promoting translation in Ethiopia

The National Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ethiopia (NATIE) is based in Addis Ababa.

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In Morocco there's an association joining legal translators

This translators association was created in October of 2002 because the translators that were certified to work in the legal area wanted to organize their specialization.

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Translating in Cleopatra's homeland

The Egyptian Translators Association (EGYTA) has been working for translators and interpreters since 2005.

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Building bridges in Africa

The South African Translators’ Institute has been serving the country and the continent for over 50 years.

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