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FIT is the federation of professional associations of interpreters, translators and terminologists around the world, working in areas as diverse as literary, scientific and technical, public service, court and legal settings, conference interpreting, media and diplomatic fields and academia.

FIT supports members and the profession at an international level, building community, visibility and a sustainable future for the profession.

Statutory Congress 2025 - The XXIII FIT Statutory Congress took place at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2–3 September 2025. Delegates from member associations representing translators, interpreters and terminologists from all… More

A new era of FIT

Despite the global challenges still facing us, 65 members were able to participate in the XXII FIT Statutory Congress in Varadero, Cuba on May 30th and 31st 2022, hosted by the Asociación Cubana de Traductores e Intérpretes (ACTI).
A new Council was elected, to lead FIT through to the next Congress in 2025. Meet the new FIT Council.

Barcelona Manifesto

On April 21, 2023, FIT joined the Association of Catalan Language Writers (AELC), the Council of European Associations of Literary Translators (CEATL) and hosts the Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters of Catalonia (APTIC) at the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona, in signing the Barcelona Manifesto on good contractual practices in translation for the publishing industry. Read the manifesto here.

Our global reach

FIT currently has 110 active Regular Member associations, representing 67,570 translation, interpreting and terminology professionals across the globe. We are also supported by 28 Associate Member organisations and 1 Observer member.