Ciuti-Forum 2013: Facing the World’s New Challenges. the Role of T & I in Providing Integrated Efficient and Sustainable Solutions

The book outlines in five chapters the different perspectives of sustainable language policies, role of translators and interpreters and the challenges they face on the globalized market. A special section is dedicated to training and research issues, which have to handle the difficult task of preparing students for the globalized and changing market.

Martin Forstner is Professor (Dr.phil.habil.) at the Fachbereich Translations-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. From 1996 to 2006 he was President of CIUTI, since 2006 he is Secretary General of CIUTI.
Nikolay Garbovsky is the founder and director of the Higher School of Translation and Interpretation, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Honorable Professor, laureate of the Lomonosov Prize for pedagogical activity (2004), Vice-President of CIUTI. He graduated from the Military University of Foreign Languages and received his Higher Doctorate Degree in Philology. An interpreter, a translator and a translator trainer, he has also published over 130 articles and 5 books. His main research areas are translation theory, methodology and didactics. He is also editor-in-chief of the «Bulletin of Moscow University. Series 22. Science of Translation».
Hannelore Lee-Jahnke is Professor (Dr. phil.) at the University of Geneva. From 2003 to 2006 she was Vice-President of CIUTI and from 2006 to 2012 President of CIUTI. Since 2012 she is Honorary President of CIUTI.