OBJECTIVES
Represent the interests of professional translators and interpreters.
Contribute to the improvement of working conditions for translators and interpreters, and to guarantee their social recognition.
Facilitate training and professional development for professionals.
Offer resources and activities open to the public that benefit society as a whole.
Encourage membership in professional associations and promote culture.
HISTORY
THE APTIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The APTIC Executive Committee (junta@aptic.cat) currently comprises the following members:
PRESIDENT
Lucie Pacho
SECRETARY
Gemma Brunat
TREASURER
Natalja Dudek
FULL VOTING MEMBERS
Iris Baeza, Eva Rosell, Inca Vallès.
WORK COMMITTEES
8th March Committee
The 8th March Committee is a work group set up to explore the options open to professional women in the sector to deal with issues related to sexual harassment and gender discrimination in their work. This core group sets out to create and provide tools in the form of series of activities, talks, mutual support groups, anti-harassment protocols and other materials.
Members:
Iris Baeza, Jolita Blyzyte, Maria Coll, Eva Rosell, Neus Sanchis and Secretariat of APTIC.
Activities Committee
Organises talks, courses and other activities offered by the APTIC.
Members:
Natalja Dudek, Paula Meiss, Asun Renau, Anna Rosich.
Admissions Committee
Studies membership applications for applicants who do not strictly meet the admission requirements.
Members:
Angelica Maria Ripa, Elias Rivas.
Communications Committee
Represents APTIC in the media and on social networks.
Members:
Elvira Arderius, Juan Isidoro Ciruelos Huarte, Etna Martí, Júlia Mulleras, Eva Rosell.
CREA Committee
APTIC continues to grow and is active on more and more fronts. A new commission was set up, on the initiative of several members who wanted to work more closely with the association. We have called it the CREA committee (crea means ‘create’ in both Catalan and Spanish) and its members are people who bring with them a fresh point of view and new approaches.
It aims to be an incubator for ideas for a constantly-changing association, to carry on innovating and offering better services to its members and to the profession in general.
Members:
Carolina Bordonado, Gemma Brunat, Natalja Dudek, Lucie Pacho, Elías Rivas, Eva Rosell and Inca Vallès, none of whom are members of the Executive Committee.
FIT Committee
Promotes and coordinates relations with FIT, Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs / International Federation of Translators.
Members:
Marta Morros, Paola Tormo.
Public Relations Committee
Promotes and coordinates relations with other institutions. Represents APTIC in the Red Vértice network, which brings together different associations of translators, interpreters and editors in Spain.
Members:
Maya Busqué, Paola Tormo.
Publishing Committee
Boosts APTIC’s presence in the publishing sector.
Members:
Palmira Feixas, David Fernández, Joaquín Fernández-Valdés, Maia Figueroa, Carlos Mayor, Gemma Rovira, Anna-Lluïsa Subirà.
Special Offers Committee
The Committee arranges special offers from universities, institutions and businesses for members of APTIC.
Members:
Gemma Brunat, Secretaria de l’APTIC.
Tax Issues Committee
Compiles frequently asked questions about tax issues and publishes answers on APTIC’s website.
Members:
Nuria Caminero, Natalja Dudek, Angelica Maria Ripa.
TERMCAT Committee
Works with TERMCAT, the Catalan terminology centre.
Members:
Nuria Bover, Maria Rossich, Elisa Serra, Inca Vallès.
Translation Committee
Translates and proofreads content published on the APTIC website.
Members:
Vicky Alins, Elvira Arderius, Simon Berrill, Maria Causadías, Juan Isidoro Ciruelos Huarte, Adolf Fuertes, Tamara García, Mike Holt, José Ángel Hombrados, Iris Osorio.
Universities Committee
Represents APTIC in the academic sphere and helps students in Translation and Interpreting faculties understand our field better.
Members:
Noemí Funakawa, Marta Morros, Christian Olalla, Asun Renau, Damien Zalio.