Cuando las culturas se encuentran con las lenguas
When Cultures Meet Languages "The Panamanian Association of Translators and Interpreters (APTI) had the honor and pleasure of presenting the Third International Congress on Translation and Interpretation, "When cultures meet languages”, on March 29 and 30, 2019, in Panama City, in line with the United Nations General Assembly proclamation of 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. For the first time in our Congress, we had sign language interpreters from the National Association for the Promotion of Interpretation Services for the Deaf in Panama. Mrs. Suzzet Gonzalez de Helleisz, president of APTI, welcomed the participants to the Congress. The opening speech was given by Mr. Kevin Quirk, president of the International Federation of Translators (FIT). In his remarks, Mr. Quirk asked for a minute of silence in memory of FIT past president, Mrs. Marion Boers and Mrs. Etilvia Arjona Chang, APTI's founder and winner in 2005 of the Pierre-...