TAUS and Translators Association of China sign partnership agreement
22nd November, 2011, Amsterdam – TAUS, the translation innovation think tank, and Translators Association of China (TAC) have entered a partnership, allowing their respective members access to the networks, communities and knowledge of the two organizations. Members of TAC receive a 20% discount on TAUS membership fees and members of TAUS receive a 20% discount on TAC membership fees. TAUS and TAC also agree to support each other’s events for the language service industry.
TAUS will help to bring to the attention of its members the 2011 China Localization Service Forum on December 10, 2011 in Shenzhen, China, the first nation-wide localization event which will bring together the demand and the supply sides of language services, language technology companies and universities with translation programs to discuss the future trend of the language service industry. TAC will support the TAUS Asia Translation Summit on April 25-26 in Beijing.
The TAUS Asia Translation Summit, hosted by CCID, will bring together buyers and providers of translations services and technologies from the global TAUS community and the Chinese TAC community for a two-day conference focused on new strategies and technologies in the localization industry.
“Our partnership with TAUS will benefit both associations and our members”, says Huang Changqi, Assistant to President of TAC. “We will help each other to increase visibility in our respective communities. We will also be able to amplify our services to our respective members by sharing resources and ideas.“
“TAUS is very pleased to partner with TAC and return to Beijing once again”, says Jaap van der Meer, director of TAUS. “We look forward to connecting with TAC members and together sharing knowledge and learning from innovation use cases and best practices in the dynamic Chinese translation industry.”
For more information about the 2011 China Localization Service Forum, please visit:
http://www.tac-online.org.cn/en/tran/2011-12/10/content_4624988.htm
For more information about the TAUS Asia Translation Summit, please visit:
http://translationautomation.com/conferences/taus-asia-translation-summit.html
About TAC
The Translators Association of China (TAC) was founded in 1982. As the only national association in the field of translation in China, it functions both as an academic society and a trade association.
Made up of institutions, enterprises, associations and individuals engaged in translation, interpretation, localization and terminology, TAC has group, institutional/corporate and individual members across the country and beyond, representing the interest of more than 30,000 translators, interpreters and other language professionals.
About TAUS
TAUS is an innovation think tank and interoperability watchdog for the translation industry.
TAUS supports entrepreneurs and principals in the translation industry to share and define new strategies through a comprehensive range of events, publications and knowledge tools.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.translationautomation.com/
