Iraqi Translators' Association

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  Founded in Baghdad in 1970.
• Member of the Supreme Council of Scientific Societies- Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research- Iraq.
• Affiliated to the International Federation of Translators' (FIT) in 1990 during the XII FIT World Congress held in ex-Yugoslavia. It became the first active permanent FIT member in the Arab world.
• Organized its first Scientific Congress in Baghdad in 1987 followed by the second Scientific Congress in 1988. The third Scientific Congress is to be held in April 2006.
• Published its first journal on translation issues entitled," the Translator" in 1987. In 2000 it issued the first and second issues of its quarterly," Translation and Linguistics."
• Organizes translation courses for specialists and non-specialists from Arabic into the major living languages and vice versa in addition to development courses in these languages. Over 15 such courses have been organized and the 16th course is to be organized in October 2005.
• Organized its first cultural season in Autumn 1989, the second in Spring 1990, the third in Autumn 1991. The fourth cultural season is to be held in Autumn 2006.
• The number of the full active members of the Association amounts to almost (15000) members who translate from Arabic into the world's major languages and vice versa.