Newly-established AGTA Center for Oriental Languages (COL) was presented on October 31, 2015. In his opening speech, AGTA Chairman Mr. Ismayil Jabrayilov spoke about the conditions that necessitated the establishment of such a structure within AGTA. He introduced Mr. Shahin Yusifli, the head of COL, and Mr. Mirali Agayev, the deputy head of the center. Mr. Yusifli then briefed the attendees about the objectives and planned activities of the center.

On March 29-30, 2015, Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association hosted the annual meeting of FIT (International Federation of Translators) Council in Baku. To read official press-release from FIT, please visit the following link:http://www.fit-ift.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Council-Baku-2015-Press-Release_EN-2.pdf Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association is a regular member of FIT since August, 2014.AGTA Chairman Ismayil Jabrayilov is a member

On April 17, 2014, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association and Qafqaz University in Baku, Azerbaijan.The signing ceremony took place in Qafqaz University. Mr Jabrailov, the AGTA chairman, thanked the university management for the preparations for the meeting and expressed his hope for fruitful co-operation in the future.For his part, Mr Saniç, the president of Qafqaz University, thanked AGTA for initiative

On March 21-23, 2014, annual meeting of Council of International Federation of Translators was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The chairman of Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association Ismail Jabrayilov and coordinator for international relations Tarlan Arzumanov participated in the meeting as observers from Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association with financial support from the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan

Today we will begin with Part I of a series of three articles about Bilingualism. Ms. M. Eta Trabing, gives you a truly fascinating description of what being bilingual means, and how to apply this knowledge in the working world. She offers help with the most daunting question we all language people face at some point: “Translator or Interpreter?”, as well as practical aspects of being a language professional. By M. Eta Trabing, Berkana Language

The 1st National Translation Forum held on September 30, 2013, by Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association with financial support from Azerbaijan Youth Foundation and the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan was highlighted in the journal of International Federation of Translators, “Translatio”. The information about AGTA event is mentioned on 5-6th pages as well as front page announcement of the journal.For online version

On December 2-5, 2013, Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association participated in the 19th Azerbaijan International Telecommunications and Information Technologies Exhibition. Bakutel Exhibition dedicated to “Year of ICT” in Azerbaijan, brought together 300 companies from 28 countries. “WikiMovement” project implemented by Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association  has been presented in this remarkable exhibition as well.The project roused

On September 30, 2013, the International Translation Day, 1st National Translation Forum of Azerbaijan on “Translation in Azerbaijan – the past, present and future: challenges and the outlook” was held in Baku by Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association with financial support from Azerbaijan Youth Foundation and the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan.  The most remarkable event of Azerbaijan’s translation history brought

Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association is organizing 1st National Translation Forum of Azerbaijan on September 30, 2013 to celebrate its 2nd birthday and International Translation Day. The event is financially supported by the Azerbaijan Youth Foundation and the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan.  The first-ever translation forum in Azerbaijan will bring together about 200 translators, linguists, journalists etc. to discuss

On June 6, 2013, the members of AGTA Literary Translation Club visited  Qanun, a publishing house that  publishes 2 new books per day. Shahbaz Xuduoglu, the head of the publishing house welcomed youth translators and first took them to a room withnumerous  books published by the company and talked about the history of publishing house as well.Xuduoglu noted that in the early stages of its operation, the publishing house first translated and published