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ϲֱ Sentro, KWF present Layag forum for translators’ welfare, professionalization

ϲֱ Sentro ng Salin at Araling Salin (ϲֱ SSAS) Chair Assoc. Prof. Wennielyn F. Fajilan, PhD, together with Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), spearheaded “Layag: Forum sa Pagsasalin”, which gathered over 200 participants at the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) in Pasig and through Zoom, on May 18, 2024.

Fajilan was joined by ϲֱ SSAS committee members Mr. John Dale Trogo, former Departamento ng Filipino Chair Prof. Roberto Ampil, Ph.D., Ms. Charlotte Malinao, Mr. Marvin Zapico, and Mr. Mark Anthony Angeles.

Carrying the theme “Pagtahak at Pagtanaw sa Pagbabalangkas ng Panukalang Batas sa Pagsasalin at Pagbuo ng Consortium,” the forum was organized by á Network to advance passing a law for the professionalization of Filipino translators.

Aside from educators and language experts from ϲֱ, KWF, and UA&P, interim members of á Network include Bangsamoro Transition Authority-Translation and Interpretation Division, Biliran Province State University-Sentro ng Wika at Kultura, Cebu Normal University-Sentro ng Wika at Kultura, University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, De La Salle University (DLSU) Salita (Sentro ng Pagsasalin, Intelektuwalisasyon, at  Adbokasiya), Filipinas Institute of Translation, Magbikol Kita, National Commission for Culture and the Arts-National Committee on Language and Translation (NCCA-NCLT), Propesyonal na Asosasyon ng mga Tagapagtaguyod ng Salin (PATAS), Philippine Normal University (PNU) Language Study Center, Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Sentro para sa Pagsasalin, UP Diliman Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas, Sanggunian sa Filipino (SANGFIL), and Translators Association of the Philippines.

á Network was created in September 2023, in a ϲֱ-KWF event dubbed as Mga Dalumat at Realidad sa Pagsasalin: Kumperensiya ng mga Tagasalin sa Pilipinas.

Members also come from Ateneo de Manila-Senior High School and Palompon Institute of Technology, Leyte.

KWF Sangay ng Salin head John Enrico Torralba and NCCA-NCLT head Dr. David Michael San Juan presented the proposals for the bill, while Atty. Nicolas Pichay provided legal insights.

Fajilan assured the audience that á Network will see through the creation of the bill until a law is passed for the rights and welfare of translators in the country.

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