Abbreviations

ACPI  Association of Court and Police Interpreters (UK)

AIIC   Association  internationale  des  interprètes  de  conférence  (International  Association  of

Conference Interpreters)

AITC   Association internationale des  traducteurs de  conférence (International Association of

Conference Translators)

AITI  Associate of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting

AITI  Assoziatione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti (Italian Translators and Interpreters Association)

ATA   American Translators Association

ATC   Association of Translation Companies (UK)

BDÜ   Bundesverband der  Dolmetscher  und  Übersetzer  (German  Interpreters  and  Translators

Association)

CAT   Computer-aided translation

DTP   Desktop publishing

FIT   Fédération internationale des traducteurs (International Federation of Translators)

IoL   Institute of Linguists (UK)

ITA   Irish Translators’ Association

ITI   Institute of Translation and Interpreting

LISA   Localisation Industry Standards Association

MIL  Member of the Institute of Linguists

MITI  Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting

MT   Machine translation

NWTN  North West Translators Network (UK)

TA  Translators Association (a division of the Society of Authors)

TBX  TermBase eXchange (exchange format for terminology databases)

TM   Translation memory

TMX   Translation memory exchange format