On Monday, Katka from ASAP-translation and Milka from Yamagata Europe visited the practical training class of language students taught by Associate Professor Štefková at Comenius University in Bratislava. They presented the Association, the principles of professionalism, the structure of a large translation company and the related career...
At the turn of January and February, the second edition of the successful conference took place at the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica. What makes this conference unique is that it was organized by the students themselves – future graduates of language studies. The Association sponsored the conference again this year and, represented by its...
At the Department of English and American Studies at UCM in Trnava, K. Absolonová from ASAP-translation traditionally presented the Association and the principles of ethical and professional business, but also sparked a discussion about the changing opportunities for linguists in the market.
K. Absolonová from ASAP-translation presented the Association to translation students at UKF. In addition to her view on what it means to be a professional, she also pointed out that the position of a traditional translator is undergoing radical transformation in today's world due to the increasing use of AI tools and changing market needs. E....
4.11. K. Absolonová from ASAP-translation visited Cyril and Methodius University in Banská Bystrica again, where she presented the Association, its code of ethics, and the characteristics of a professional company to students during a praxeology class. Jakub Joštiak, an experienced member of the company, joined her in presenting Translata and...
On October 17, the traditional career fair for future graduates of the language departments of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, took place. This time, the Association was represented by Martin Eichler from Translata.
On October 14-16, the Slovak Association, together with the Czech and Hungarian associations, participated in organizing the 7th annual Meet Central Europe conference, which returned to Prague this year. For more information about the program, visit the conference website at www.meetcentraleurope.com/conference-programme.
On September 11-13, the Helsinki Language Industry Summit conference was held, during which President K. Absolonová participated in the annual EUATC meeting. The conference focused on AI and how the translation sector should deal with it. Erik Miller, president of the Finnish Association of Translation Companies, summed up the situation as follows:...
On April 23, Jakub Absolon from ASAP-translation.com, translations and interpreting, presented the ISO 18587 standard and its problematic passages concerning mainly the definition of full post-editing to representatives of the language departments of UK, UKF, UMB, UCM, UPJS, and Prešov, as well as the SSPOL and SAPT associations, the ISO 18587...
On April 11, the Association, represented by K. Absolonová for ASAP, K. Tkáčová for Skrivánek, and K. Michalcová for Tetras, presented itself at universities in eastern Slovakia. The lecture took place at the Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, at the invitation of doc. PhDr. Slávka...