Translators Associations Asia Pacific

This is where Lexis informs you on activities and initiatives, such as training opportunities, conferences and other events, organised by Asian and Pacific 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.

Asia-Pacific: Around 20 translators associations in or near the Western Pacific Ocean

Asia-Pacific, that typically includes at least much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania, has at least 19 translators associations, distributed by Australia, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, China, South Korea and Taiwan.

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Australia: Translators Associations from the country of Patrick White and Nicole Kidman

Australia (officially the Commonwealth of Australia) is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprised of the mainland of the Australian continent as well as of the island of Tasmania and several smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia is a constitutional monarchy with a federal division of powers.

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Japan: Translators Associations in the nation of Kenzaburo Oe and Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japan is a nation of islands in East Asia. Its archipelago has 6,852 islands. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japanese culture dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period.

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China: Translators Associations in the land of Gao Xingjian

China (officially the People's Republic of China, PRC) is the world's most populous country, with over 1.3 billion inhabitants. It is is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China, which exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities, etc.

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South Korea: Translators Associations from the homeland of Park Min-gyu

South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) is is a sovereign state in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Its name derives from Goryeo, a dynasty that ruled in the Middle Ages. South Korea is a presidential republic that consists of sixteen administrative divisions.

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Malaysia: Translators Associations from the land of Yong Mun Sen

Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories. It has a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres. The origins of Malaysia reside in the Malay Kingdoms present in the area which, from the 18th century, became subject to the British Empire.

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Asia-Pacific: The region has now the opportunity to emerge as a leader

Asia-Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean, covers two-thirds of the world population and has now the opportunity to emerge as a leader.

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Representing translators and interpreters in New Zealand

The New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpreters is the nationally representative body of translators and interpreters in New Zealand.

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Elevating the standards of Malaysia's translation industry

The Institute Terjemahan Negara Malaysia (ITNM) was founded in 1993 by the government of Malaysia.

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Machine Translation in the Oriental world

The Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation was established in 1991, under a different name, with different ambitions.

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Translating and Interpreting for Medicine

The Medical Interpreters and Translators Association (MITA) was founded in 1993, in Tokyo. Its aim is to promote the interests of medical communication specialists that work with the English and the Japanese languages.

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Helping patients of culturally and linguistically different backgrounds

The Australian Association of Health Interpreters and Translators, whose origins go back to 1989, provides the highest standard of interpreting and translating services for patients and health professionals and works towards the accreditation and establishment of interpreting services as separate entities within the hospital structure.

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A registered charitable organization promoting education

The Hong Kong Translation Society exists since 1971 and is a non-profit professional organization that aims to enhance the standard and professionalism of translation, both oral and written, in Hong Kong.

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Literary translation in Australia

The Australian Association for Literary Translation was established in March 2010 and is a national organization that promotes an interest in all aspects of literary translation.

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Representing South Korea in the world of translation

The Translators Association of Korea (KST) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1971, working towards positive recognition of translators as a profession.

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To enhance the profession's standards

The Hong Kong Translation Society was created in 1971. It is a non-for-profit professional translators association with the clear mission of enhancing the standards and the professionalism of translation in Hong Kong.

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Born in times of change

The Science and Technology Translators Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (STTACAS) was founded in September 1986. Right from the beginning, one of its purposes was to establish academic connections with international organisations.

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The visible and complex role of translation

The Korean Association of Translation Studies (KATS) was founded in 1999, when the subject was not yet recognised in Korea as a separate branch of scholarly pursuit. It was a translation association created with the purpose of changing things in the upcoming century.

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The relevance of research in Japan

The Japan Association for Interpretation Studies (JAITS) is a translators association with an academic principle. It is devoted to the promotion of scientific and multifaceted research in the subject of interpreting.

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A federation relying on strong committees

The Japan Translation Federation (JTF) was founded in April 1981, as a voluntary group. It has been authorised as a “public interest corporation” by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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Representing Indonesian Translators since 1974

The Association of Indonesian Translators (HPI) was created in the 70s but somehow ended up losing its power. It’s back in business, nowadays.

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An active association that cares about the young

Founded in 1985, Japan Association of Translators has an annual translation contest to encourage beginning commercial translators since 2004 and launched in 2009 the e-Juku program, a virtual classroom where young translators can better their translation skills.

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Taipei attestation and translation

The Translation and Attestation Association of Taipei (TAAT) was founded in 1989, to serve Taiwanese translators and interpreters.

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The association whose ethics set the industry standard

The Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators, founded in 1987, gathers both translators and interpreters.

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The only national translators association in China

The Translators Association of China (TAC) was founded in 1982. It plays a role in the academic society as well as a commercial association.

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Working to be the leading translation organization in Malaysia

The Malaysian National Institute of Translation exists since 1993 and is a limited company established by the government of Malaysia.

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