The European Community, represented by the Commission of the European Communities, has published 23 calls for tenders (one call for tenders for each of the official languages of the EU) in the following Official Journal of the European Union:

OJ S 180 of 19 September 2007 for the translation of documents relating to the policies and administration of the European Union.

The deadline for submitting tenders is the 5th of November 2007.

Please consult the following link for full details of the services required and further information on terms and conditions. All the tender documentation can be downloaded from this site.
I would be very grateful if you could spread this information amongst the interested members of your organisation.

Yours sincerely,
Klaus Ahrend
Head of Unit
European Commission
Directorate-General for Translation
External Translation

Second Announcement and Call for Presentations
XVIII World Congress of the International Federation of Translators
Translation and Cultural Diversity
August 4-7, 2008
Shanghai International Convention Center

For more information about the Congress, please visit the Congress website at www.fit2008.org (in English, French and Chinese), or send an e-mail to fit2008info@gmail.com.

Shanghai awaits you in August 2008!

Deadline for submissions 30 september 2007

FIT Literary Translation Committee will feature at the Congress

FIT Literary Translation Committee is delighted to announce its events at the Frankfurt Book Fair
to be held in the Lesezelt, Agora

The Committee will also have a table in Hall 5 E955 10-14th October
and would be delighted to meet you, if you plan to attend.

The Blog has details http://fitlitter.blogspot.com

The XVIII FIT World Congress welcomes submissions www.fit2008.org for the strand: "Translation of Literature" deadline 30 September 2007.

Pre Register to be updated about the Congress by emailing: fit2008info@gmail.com.