Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva
| Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation (FTI) | |
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Former name
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School of Translation and Interpreting (ETI) |
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| Type | public |
| Established | 1941 |
| Founder | Antoine Velleman |
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Parent institution
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University of Geneva in Switzerland |
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Switzerland/Geneva/Republic and Canton of Geneva/World 46°11′41″N 6°08′25″E / 46.19472°N 6.14028°ECoordinates: 46°11′41″N 6°08′25″E / 46.19472°N 6.14028°E |
| Language | Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian |
| Colours | Orange |
| Website | www |
 Geographical location of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (FTI)
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The Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (FTI) is a faculty of the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
The Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (FTI) is one of the oldest translation and interpreting education and research institutions in the world. It was founded in 1941, by Antoine Velleman, as the Ecole d’interprètes de Genève (EIG). When a translation degree was introduced in 1972, it became the École de traduction et d’interprétation (School of Translation and Interpreting - ETI), before adopting its current title – Faculty of Translation and Interpreting – in 2011.
"Mr. Velleman was more than qualified to set up and direct the school, which he predicted would expand rapidly as Switzerland prepared itself for post-war recovery. Furthermore, Geneva, with its tradition of international collaboration, offered plenty of advantages to successfully bring about such a project. Before the Second World War, only one other school of its kind existed – a school that was founded in 1930 in Mannheim by Swiss professor Dr. Charles Glauser and was attached to the University of Heidelberg in 1936."
Initially a part of the Faculty of Humanities, the EIG broke away from the Faculty between 1953-1955, and eventually became an independent institution of the university. Today, the FTI has over a hundred teachers and researchers.
Up until 1946, the school’s administrative offices were located in Antoine Velleman’s office at 5 Avenue Marc-Monnier, then in an apartment at 4 Rue Saint-Victor. Three rooms and the hallway were used for the school, while three other rooms were reserved for administrative purposes. From 1952–1953, the University was renovated and the school’s administrative offices were set up on the former premises of the physics institute (ground floor). In 1978, the school moved to the Cours Commerciaux de Genève building at 19 Place des Augustins. It then moved to the new Uni Mail building at 40 Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve in 1992.
Students have access to IT and audiovisual resources, as well as a library specialized in translation studies, translation (theory, history, education, etc.), consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, sign language interpreting, computational linguistics, terminology and lexicology.
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