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Basel, 24 August, 2016
NEW HORIZONS
Jeannette Ørsted leaves FIT at the end of September.
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Jeannette (centre) at
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XIX Congress in SFO,
Jeannette (ex officio)
at Council Meetings
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Since 2010 the activities of the FIT Secretariat
have been expertly and professionally
undertaken from Basel with Jeannette Ørsted
at the rudder. During that period she was
instrumental in transforming the secretariat
from a traditional bricks and mortar office to a
state-of-the-art virtual office of a global
Federation open 24/7. The internet, social
media and the cloud, now integral in the FIT
infrastructure and activities, ensure a much
better outreach, visibility and access than was
possible when snail mail and telephony were
the primary means of communication.
Electronic virtual meetings across all 24 time
zones have become commonplace and a
constant exchange of information and ideas is
possible via the full gambits of electronic
communications within Task Forces,
Committees, the Executive Committee and
the Council. Jeannette was also a key driving
force in the e-groups - a vital link between
members through the yahoo and google
groups which are open to members.
7th Asian Translators’
Forum in Penang
Along with all the traditional and essential administrative tasks like
keeping track of members, old, new and candidates, the Secretariat
played key roles in two Statutory Congresses in San Francisco (2011)
and Berlin (2014), EC-meetings during the 2010-2014 mandate and
attended Council meetings as an ex-officio member throughout her
tenure.
Jeannette Ørsted joined FIT in 1995 when she was elected the first
chairperson of the Regional Centre Europe (RCE) which subsequently become FIT
Regional Centre for Europe (commonly known as FIT Europe). She held the chair until
2001 and was a driver in the first projects of the RCE in co-operation with the EU within
the framework of the European Translation Platform and the POSI Project (PraxisOrientierte-Studien-Inhalt) at the time when universities all over Europe were working on
FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRADUCTEURS
La voix des associations de traducteurs, d’interprètes et de terminologues à travers le monde
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRANSLATORS
The voice of associations of translators, interpreters and terminologists around the world
✉ Siège/Registered Office: REGUS, 57 rue d’Amsterdam, 75008 Paris, France
! +(33) 1 533 21 755 | " +(33) 1 533 21 732 | [email protected] | www.fit-ift.org
implementing the Bologna reforms by
restructuring translation studies into
the Bachelor + Master's framework
whilst introducing an important
element of communication into the
new curriculum. These initiatives
aimed at making translators' training
compatible with market demands in a
changing environment, also heavily
influenced by the implementation of
language technology and the
requirement for shorter turn-around
times in the market. During this period she was elected as a FIT
Council member.
Council Meeting in
Baku
Her work for the RCE was closely connected with her work as
President of the Danish association Erhvervssprogligt Forbund (now
Kommunikation og Sprog) where she actively promoted improved
working conditions and salaries for in-house translators and language graduates in the
public sector also heading initiatives to improve the status of the profession through close
co-operation with translators' departments in universities in Denmark.
Jeannette Ørsted has a Master of Translation and a Master of Public Administration from
the Copenhagen Business School, where she also taught part of the Master of Language
Administration programme.
FIT wishes to thank Jeannette Ørsted for everything she has done in her many capacities
in FIT since 1995. She has contributed much to the Federation and to the wider
profession. FIT regrets her decision to leave nevertheless wishes her well in her future
endeavours.
Mange tak!
FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRADUCTEURS
La voix des associations de traducteurs, d’interprètes et de terminologues à travers le monde
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRANSLATORS
The voice of associations of translators, interpreters and terminologists around the world
✉ Siège/Registered Office: REGUS, 57 rue d’Amsterdam, 75008 Paris, France
! +(33) 1 533 21 755 | " +(33) 1 533 21 732 | [email protected] | www.fit-ift.org