Last autumn we launched an initiative to consider the potential to create an ethical framework for ITI members. Our first event was an open discussion meeting hosted by Dr Joseph Lambert which helped us to identify the range of topic areas that we want to explore in more detail.
We have now fashioned these ideas into a programme and invited a range of experts and other stakeholders to help us to host this series of open discussions. We now invite members and others with an interest in ethics to join the debates, with the aim of generating the core principles that will form our ethical framework.
We have called this space for conversations about ethics the ITI Coffee House following the spirit of the coffee houses of the eighteenth century where the Enlightenment was born. The aim is for conversations to be informal and free-flowing and for participants to contribute rather than just to listen.
This session will be focused on Ethical practices in LSPs.
If you are interested in shaping the debate about translation and interpreting ethics then come along and contribute to our work. We really want to hear from the professionals who are making ethical decisions in their daily working lives to ensure that we create an ethical framework that meets your needs.
Please note that the Coffee House sessions take the format of a short scene-setting presentation followed by discussion, and may include small group discussions in breakout rooms depending on the numbers attending. We expect attendees to participate in the discussions and we ask that you only book a place if you are committed to attending.
As Director at Comtec, Sophie is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the business, while looking for new and exciting opportunities to expand and improve Comtec’s services. With experience working previously as a management consultant with a wide range of international companies, Sophie brings a keen understanding of the challenges in marketing brands overseas and overcoming the language barrier in business.
A German language graduate herself, Sophie is a passionate linguist who has enjoyed learning a wide variety of languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Simplified Chinese. She believes strongly in getting young people to start learning languages. So much so that she has even arranged Spanish classes for her three-year-old daughter. “They’re never too young to start!”