prof anne-marie beukes vice-chairperson: sati ambeukes@uj.ac.za

Joint submission on SALPC Bill by

SA Translators’ Institute (SATI)Professional Editors’ Group (PEG)

Prof Anne-Marie BeukesVice-Chairperson: SATIambeukes@uj.ac.za

Structure of presentation

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Important role: Language practitioners

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Increased scope for translation & interpreting industry

4US News (2010) Kelly 2012

Translation in Africa

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Projected Language Services Market & African Share

Region Market share 2012US$ M

2013US$ M

North America 49.25% 16,631 17,864

Western Europe 21.13% 7,137 7,666

Northern Europe 12.71% 4,292 4,610

Asia 7.43% 2,509 2,695

Southern Europe 5.39% 1,820 1,955

Eastern Europe 2.84% 960 1,031

Oceania 0.66% 222 238

Latin America 0.32% 110 118

Africa 0.26% 89 96

Growth totals 100.00% 33,768 36,271

Source: Kelly et al. (2012) 6

Africa: Language Planning & Language-Practice Profession

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Places of Residence of African Language TranslatorsSource: Kelly et al (2012)

“(t)he translation trade is one of the leastorganized of all trades in Africa” – Kelly (2012)

SATI

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PEG

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Bill: Main points of comment

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Terminology - Section 1

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Submissionpp. 3 & 4

Terminology – Section 1

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pp. 3 & 4Submissionpp. 3 & 4

Objects – Section 3

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Submissionp. 4

Functions – Section 4

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Submissionp. 5

Functions – Section 4

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Submissionp. 4 & 5

Functions – Section 4

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Submissionp. 5

Functions – Section 4

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Submissionp. 5

Functions – Section 4

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Submissionp. 5

Functions – Section 4

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Submissionp. 6

Composition of SALPC Board

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Submissionp. 6

Composition of SALPC Board

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Submissionp. 6

Composition of SALPC Board

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Submissionp. 6

Composition of SALPC Board

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Accreditation – Section 20

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Categories of language practitioners to be accredited

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SubmissionPara. 9.3

on p. 8

Categories of language practitioners to be accredited

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Categories of language practitioners to be accredited

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SubmissionPara. 9.5

on p. 8

Levels of accreditation: Examples

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High

Low

SubmissionPara. 9.4

on p. 8

Accreditation & registration

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SubmissionPara. 9.8

on p. 9

Accreditation & registration

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Recognition of SATI accreditation

32SATI introduced accreditation in early 1990s

Continued professional development

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SubmissionPara. 9.6

on p. 8

Continued professional development

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SubmissionPara. 9.6

on p. 8

Council’s funding

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Conclusion

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Anne-Marie Beukesambeukes@uj.ac.za