On May 5th, 2012, Diplomat Hotel hosted the 1st General Assembly (Congress) of Azerbaijan Youth Translators Assocation (AGTA). The Congress started with reporting speech of AGTA chairman-in-office Ismayil Jabrayilov, who spoke about the 7 months long operation of AGTA, challenges in state registration, activities, projects undertaken, and the first Code of Ethics for translators in Azerbaijan that was publicized in December, 2011. The reporting speech

The chairman of the Azerbaijan Youth Translators Association, Ismayil Jabrayilov, announced the creation of the first code of ethics for translators in Azerbaijan. Jabrayilov formed the organization on September 30th of this year on the International Day of Translators. It currently runs a Daily Azeri Press Review project posted on www.pressaz.com and a Civil Society Support Project. The code of ethics covers topics such as customer relationships,

On November 19, the Azerbaijan Youth Translators’ Association (AGTA) held an event for youth translators. Over 20 youth members of AGTA were in attendance. The event titled ‘Interpreting in Scientific Environments’ kicked off with a presentation from scientist Dr Ketan Patel. With a huge experience in working with interpreters in scientific environments, Mr.Patel shared the challenges he encountered in work with translators; the problems of