1. Intro to
Young Translators Foundation

3. Basic information
 Vietnamese name: Quỹ Dịch giả trẻ
 Transaction name: Young Translators
Foundation
 Abbreviation: YTF
 Principal Office:
Room 231, Bàu Cát 1 Apartment Block, Bàu
Cát 6 Str., Ward 14, Tân Bình Dist., Hồ Chí
Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: +84 902 848 163 / +84 949 716 313
Email: info@youngtranslators.org
Website: http://www.youngtranslators.org

4. What is and what does YTF do?
 YTF is a social and non-profit foundation for the
purpose of developing translation as a
profession.
 YTF is the legal status and financial resources
for Young Translators Community.
 YTF is operated on the basis of self-contribution
by social capital and aimed at supporting
researching, training and the development of
translation as a profession, translation for
diffusion of useful knowledge.

5. History
 Founded in 2010 as a professional organization for
translators based at University of Social Sciences and
Humanities, Vietnam National University - Hồ Chí Minh
City.
 Since February 2012 converted into Young Translators
Community, with compact organizational personnel
structure and outside of the university environment,
specializing in the research and introduction of models
for translation activities for institutions of training and
use of translation and interpretation.
 On occastion of two year anniversary (13 November
2012), facilitators of the community agree to form a
Mobilizing Committee for Young Translators Foundation
to construct the legal status and and financial
background for the Young Translators Community.

6. Mission
 Contribute to sustainable development
of the young translators community,
firstly in Hồ Chí Minh City Metropolitan
Area and extended to partners in
Mekong River Delta.
 Promote a culture of peace through
grants and investments empowering
young people in multi-cultural dialogue
in several fields including but not limited
to: translation, education, gastronomy,
folk culture preservation, community
development.

7. Vision
 Become leading platform for
researching, training and supporting
the development of translation as a
profession.
 Contribute to the sustainable socio-
economic development in
communities linked to YTF’s activities.

8. Core values
 Self-learning culture
 Respect
 Integrity
 Transparency
 Professional
 Non-profit

9. Principal of Foundation Usage
 Young Translators Foundation is managed and used on
the principle of root preservation. The annual expenses
of the Foundation will be less than or equal to its profits
earned from deposits (investments), which helps make
the Foundation everlasting with time even if the founder
has died or has no contributor to the Foundation.

10. Fundraising resources
 Membership fees.
 Legalized donations from partners.
 Crowd funding online platforms (OneVietnam Network,
Phủ Sóng Yêu Thương, etc.)
 Profits from bank deposit and other fundraising events.

11. Mobilizing Committee
 The Acting Mobilizing Committee for YTF is seeking for
advisors and potential partners.
 Proposed Board of Trustees:
1. Chairman/Founder
2. Treasurer
3. Grants and Investments Council
4. Associate Trustees
 Proposed Board of Partners:
1. Chairman
2. Vice Chairman
3. Associate Partners

12. Objectives in 2012
 Building data for www.youngtranslators.org
 Finalize regulations, misson, guidelines.
 Register for a legal status.
 Gather information of YTF’s Co-Founders
 Organize YTF’s initaial fundraising program.

14. APPENDIX
BRIEF INTRO TO
YOUNG TRANSLATORS COMMUNITY

15. What is YTC and YTI?
 YTC stands for Young Translators Community.
 YTI stands for Young Translators International.
 YTC is a not-for-profit network of young translators and
interpreters, directly under facilitation of YTI’s Executive
Committee which acts as or is supported by YTF’s Grants
and Investments Council.
 YTC is not an association at any level.
 YTI is an extending of or supported under grants by YTF.
 YTC is currently temporarily facilitated by YTCxHCMC,
which will be replaced by YTI’s ExCo when possible.

16. What is YTCx and YTCxHCMC?
 YTCx is a local section of Young Translators Community.
 Every YTCx represents a local community of translators
and interpreters (in order from lower to higher level of
section: university, city, country, region, continent).
 YTCxHCMC represents for community of translators in
Hồ Chí Minh City and its members meet up every two
weeks. Check YTCxHCMC’s website (in Vietnamese) for
more details: dichgiatre.blogspot.com.
 All YTCxs connect together through a common gateway:
Young Translators International.

17. Communication for YTCx
 Website:
1. Official page or links to website for continential,
regional and national sections in YTI’s main site.
2. Official website or page for city and university
sections within national section site.
 Email: formatted-section-name@youngtranslators.org
 Tel: office number or representative’s number
 Social media:
1. Local: Mimo, Zing Me, Xing, VK, Renren, etc.
2. Global: Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Plurk, Culture
360, Keewi, Linkedin, etc.

18. Steps to formation of YTCx
 Form group of translators and interpreters
 Contact higher sections to register as a section under
Young Translators Community (as a platform) in
university/city/country/region/continent.
 The main source language of each section reflects the
official mother tongue language spoken in each section
according to geographic location and local culture.
 Let's meet up at least one or twice a month to share
experience on your career to your colleagues and
students, contributing to better development of common
translation community.

19. Sample agenda for a meeting
 18:00: Reception & Registration
 18:15: “Intro to Young Translators Foundation”
 19:00: Questions and answers
 20:00: Group photo
 20:10: Networking & job matching
 20:30: Practice of simultaneous interpreting

20. Events organized by YTCx
 Career orientation: intro to translation and interpretation
as a profession to students and young people,
translation competition for students, etc.
 Conferences/seminars/workshops on cross-lingual
topics: multi-lingual family and community, models of
language speaking communities, overseas study
scholarships, translation training, etc.
 Community projects involving local inhabitants
community and experts of linguistics.
 Other activities with partners.

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23. THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION