Die Welt der Banken und Ihre Sprache

In April, I attended this two-day seminar on the world of banking and the terminology that accompanies it. Organised by the BDÜ in Baden-Württemberg.

The highlight is that the speaker, Holker Schuster, is not a translator by trade (though I'm sure he could turn out some excellent work if he had to). Rather, he is a trained banker whose current area of expertise is trade finance. But he also has a passion for languages and has held high-level management positions within reputable translation companies.

This was the most comprehensive presentation on the business of banking that I've attended in any language.

It'll be happening again next April in Mainz. Herzlich empfohlen!

ASTTI Financial Translation Summer School

I'll be attending this event in July. It is held every two years in Spiez.

Always an excellent opportunity to see old friends and make new ones. (No, this is not an advert for a dating site but we translators don't get out much so these kinds of get-togethers are highly prized among us.)

There's a considerable amount of good stuff for into-English operatives. Look forward to attending the workshops.

Here's the link for those who are interested:

http://new.astti.ch/web/Sommeruniversitaet_281_3.php