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3. World Translation Congress

The 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Translators (IFT) was held in Shanghai on August 2-7, the largest IFT world congress ever. This was the first time IFT held its world congress in an Asian country. More than 1,500 scholars in translation from over 70 countries and regions attended the meeting and discussed related issues, such as the culture and the industrialization of translation and the education of translation professionals.

With a theme of Translation and Cultural Diversity, the congress was held against the background that the United Nations proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Languages, based on a pursuit to promote, protect and preserve the diversity of languages and cultures globally and strengthen the mutual understanding among the peoples of all countries.