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Pierre-François Caillé

 

PIERRE-FRANÇOIS CAILLÉ MEMORIAL MEDAL

Pierre-François Caillé was the founder of FIT. The Pierre-François Caillé Memorial Medal is intended to provide recognition to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional merit in promoting the status and reputation of the translation profession at the international level.

Recipients of the Pierre-François Caillé Medal

1981 Hans T. Schwarz
Bozidar Markovic
1984 René Haeseryn
1987 Ewald Osers
1990 Jacques Goetschalckx
1993 Anna Lilova
1996 Patricia Crampton
1999 Florence Herbulot
2002 Gonie Bang
2005 Etilvia María Arjona Chang
2008 Liese Katschinka

 
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RULES

(Approved by the FIT Council at its meeting in Geneva in April 1998)

Article 1

Pierre-François Caillé was the founder of FIT. The Pierre-François Caillé Memorial Medal is intended to provide recognition to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional merit in promoting the status and reputation of the translation profession at the international level.

Article 2

The medal may be awarded at FIT World Congresses, that is, normally once every three years, although the jury is not required to make the award at every World Congress.

Article 3

The recipient of the Pierre-François Caillé Memorial Medal must be a member in good standing of a FIT member.

Article 4

Nominations for the Medal may be made by FIT members or by individual members of such members. Seven copies of the nominations and supporting documents must be in the hands of FIT's Secretary General no later than six months prior to the opening of the Congress at which the Medal will be awarded.

Article 5

The FIT Council shall act as jury for this award, acting upon the recommendation of the Executive Committee. The Council's decision requires a two-thirds majority by secret ballot. In the event a member of the Executive Committee or Council is nominated for the Medal, he or she shall be excluded from the discussion as well as from the ballot.

Article 6

No one may be awarded the Pierre-François Caillé Memorial Medal more than once.

Article 7

Anything not provided for in these rules may be decided by the FIT Committee on Translation Prizes.

 
 
 

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