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The 2016 Inttranews “Linguists of the Year” donate their prize money to SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL

Published on Monday 18 January 2016

Professor Mona Baker et al., elected “Linguists of the Year” by the readers of Inttranews for their work “Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution”, have decided to donate their prize money to SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL.
Professor Mona Baker et al., elected “Linguists of the Year” by the readers of Inttranews for their work “Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution”, a unique volume of essays on the importance of translation in our time, have decided to donate their prize money to SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL.

Each year, the laureate of the Inttranews “Linguists of the Year” is given the opportunity to choose a charity or NGO to donate their prize money. The total amount granted by the prize sponsors this year is 1000€.For Professor Baker, “SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is an ideal choice to receive the prize money of an award obtained through a militant project involving contributors who are highly committed in protest movements. The collection itself is a book about solidarity, and is an act of solidarity” in its own right.”

“SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is particularly honored to have been designated to receive the amount of the prize granted to Mona Baker, notably because the translation of our documents is of capital importance. The organisation and its members wish to thank Professor Baker for this gesture of solidarity toward the most vulnerable populations that our teams support each day in some 20 countries around the world for more than 35 years.”
Renaud Douci, Director of Communication and Development at SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL

About SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL

For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter.

www.solidarites.org

To purchase “Translating Dissent: Voices from and with the Egyptian Revolution” please see:

www.tandf.net/books/details/9781138929876/.

Further information on the volume and contributors is available at

http://www.monabaker.org, under ‘Translating Dissent’.

About the Inttranews “Linguist of the Year” Awards

Each year since 2006, the nominees for the Inttranews “Linguist of the Year” awards are selected and the winner elected by the readers of Inttranews™, the leading daily news bulletin for the language industry. The Awards recognize the struggle – and sometimes the personal sacrifice – of linguists who have helped increase public awareness of the importance of linguists and languages during the year.

Further details on the results of this year’s vote can be seen here:

www.inttra.net/linguists_of_the_year/index.php?lang=en

About HTT

The designer and editor of Inttranews, and creator of the “Linguist of the Year” Awards, HTT is a translation company with a reputation for innovative quality: one of the first in France to obtain IOS 9001 certification and have a multilingual website, the company offers a full range of services and language solutions for its customers, international institutions and multinational corporations.