6 June 25-26, the 10th Asia-Pacific Translation Forum, co-sponsored by International Translators Alliance and Chinese Translators Association , and hosted by Beijing Foreign Studies University , was successfully held.
The Asia-Pacific Translation Forum, formerly known as the "Asian Translators Forum", is held in turn by translation organizations from various Asian countries and regions. It has been successfully held for 9 times since its establishment in 1995 with the support of the International Federation of Translators. The theme of this forum is "Cooperation in the Translation World: New Era, New Changes, New Models".
Du Zhanyuan, President of the Translators Association of China, Director of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration , Yang Dan, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Alison Rodriguez, President of the International Federation of Translators, Joint Institute of Translation of International Universities Bart Defrancq, chairman of the conference, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Translation Forum Joint Committee, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the Translators Association of China, Deputy Director and Editor-in-Chief of China International Publishing Group, Director of the International Federation of Translators Gao Anming, Deputy Director of China International Publishing Group, National Translation Professional Degree Graduate Education Guide Committee Chairman Yu Tao and nearly 300 translation industry representatives from 35 countries and regions around the world attended the meeting online or offline.
Du Zhanyuan, President of the Translators Association of China and Director of China International Publishing Group, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony
Alison Rodriguez, President of the International Federation of Translators, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony
Yang Dan, President and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Opening speech
Bart Defrancq, Chairman of the International Association of University Translation Schools, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony
Sun Youzhong, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Beijing Foreign Studies University, presided over the opening ceremony
The forum lasted for 2 days and held 10 keynote speeches , 12 regular theme forums, and 4 academic emerging (postgraduate) sub-forums, participants exchanged wisdom around the theme of "Cooperation in the Translation World: New Era, New Changes, New Models", reached consensus, and jointly created a This high-standard, high-level, and high-tech regional international translation event will surely integrate the excellent genes of different civilizations in the Asia-Pacific region through translation, and push mutual trust and mutual help among Asia-Pacific countries to a new height. It has become an important event in the history of the Asia-Pacific Translation Forum.
This forum has been sponsored and supported by Beijing Boshuo Xingrui Education Technology Co., Ltd., Xi'an Dijiawu Information Technology Co., Ltd., Shenyang Yayi Network Technology Co., Ltd., China.com, Tencent Conference , Bilibili , It was broadcast simultaneously on many platforms such as Yi Live, WeChat video account, etc. The cumulative number of online viewers reached 243,000, and the number of likes was nearly 80,000.
Translation has played an extremely important role in promoting China's century-old development and transformation. As a foreign language university, in recent years, Beijing Foreign Studies University has been actively committed to strengthening my country's foreign translation and international communication capabilities and promoting the development of the translation discipline. , to enhance China’s international voice.
On May 22, 2021, BFSU established the first domestic research institution focusing on national/country translation capabilities - Beijing Foreign Studies University National Translation Capacity Research Center , and held the first "National Translation Capacity: Theoretical Construction and The academic seminar "Practical Exploration" proposed the concept of "National Translation Capability" for the first time.
Over the past two years, the National Translation Competence Research Center of Beijing Foreign Studies University has insisted on publishing the "Global National Translation Competence Index" and the "Chinese University Translation Competency Index" to objectively and fairly assess the translation capabilities of various countries and universities, and provide directions for improving my country's national translation capabilities. and data reference to help build my country’s cultural soft power and economic hard power.
In recent times, BFSU has been continuously carrying out various translation academic activities, and has jointly organized the "Film and Television Translation and International Communication Special Topic in the Artificial Intelligence Era" with the Translation Institute of China International Publishing Group, the National Translation Competency Research Center, and the Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Human Language. The seminar, together with the Social Translation Studies Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Comparative English-Chinese Studies, jointly hosted the country’s first high-end forum on “Translation and Society” and the founding meeting of the Social Translation Studies Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Comparative English-Chinese Studies, actively building an academic platform and promoting academic exchanges.
With the deepening of globalization, national translation capabilities are increasingly becoming an important part of national capabilities and an important means of building cultural soft power. In the future, BFSU will continue to pioneer and innovate in the training of translation talents, translation practice and translation research. Make new and greater contributions to the construction of national translation capabilities and international communication capabilities.
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