{"id":142,"date":"2019-12-06T23:28:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T23:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asling.org\/tc42\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2020-11-25T21:30:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T21:30:20","slug":"tc42-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/asling.org\/tc42\/?page_id=142","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"142\" class=\"elementor elementor-142\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4a0c2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4a0c2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e09eac\" data-id=\"1e09eac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7411d elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"5e7411d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"> <div class=\"sfsi_widget sfsi_shortcode_container\"><div class=\"norm_row sfsi_wDiv \"  style=\"width:225px;text-align:left;\"><div style='width:40px; 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ASLING is an international non-profit association governed by Articles 60 ff. of the Swiss Civil Code, registered in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li>promote the use of information technology in the fields of language, translation, terminology and related fields;<\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">organize and manage conferences to achieve its objective;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">defend the professional, economic, social, legal and moral interests of stakeholders in its fields of competence in general and its members in particular;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">provide the general public and its members in particular, a better understanding of the contribution of technology in the fields of language, translation, terminology and related fields;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">promote training and professional development and to provide stakeholders in its fields of competence in general and its members in particular, the material means to achieve this goal, including through studies, meetings, lectures, debates and discussion;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">engage in research activities in its fields of competence;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">set up and maintain websites, forums, discussion groups and mailing lists in its fields of competence.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Translating and the Computer<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Upon its inception, ASLING took over the long-running conference series, Translating and the Computer, established in 1978 by the former UK not-for-profit professional association Aslib, under whose management the 1978 conference and subsequent annual conferences were held from 1980 through 2013. 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