Translation Industry Resources
The following links provide excellent information about how translators work and the translation industry in general.
General information about the translation industry for clients
Translation: Getting It Right: https://www.iti.org.uk/pdf/getting-it-right/english-uk.pdf
What do you need to know about translation? https://louisesoutertranslations.com/translation-and-translators/
Translation Industry Organisations
ASTTI – Swiss Association of Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters: http://new.astti.ch/web/Bienvenue_1_2.php
ASETRAD – Asociación Española de Traductores, Correctores e Intérpretes (Spanish association for translators, editors and interpreters): https://asetrad.org/
Belgian Chamber of Translators and Interpreters: https://www.cbti-bkvt.org/
Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI): http://www.iti.org.uk/
International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI): https://www.iapti.org/eng/
International Federation of Translators: http://www.fit-ift.org/
OMT – Organización Mexicana de Traductores (Mexican organisation for translators): http://www.omt.org.mx/
SFT – Société française des traducteurs (The French Association of Translators): https://www.sft.fr/
My articles on the translation industry
The distance-learning MA Translation Studies at the University of Portsmouth
Guest post on Nikki Graham’s blog: http://nikkigrahamtranix.com/2016/02/22/the-distance-learning-ma-translation-studies-at-university-of-portsmouth/
CPD Overseas
Networking and knowledge building at the first International Conference on Economic, Business and Financial Translation in Alicante, Spain
ITI Bulletin July 2014: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bsnwgtfsgs314g8/AlicanteArticle.pdf
Blogs about translation
Adventures in Technical Translation | Lingua Greca Translations: https://linguagreca.com/blog/
Traducción Jurídica Blog on financial and legal translations: http://traduccionjuridica.es/blog/ (in Spanish)