ATII Honorary Members

ITIA Honorary membership is decided at an AGM and is conferred on a person who has made a significant contribution to translation or interpreting, nationally or internationally.
2021

Founder of Red T, a non-profit organization for the protection of translators and interpreters in high-risk settings (red-t.org); former forensic linguist in the terrorism arena.

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2016

Literary correspondent of the Irish Times and champion of literature translated into English. († 2018)

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2014

Professor at Trinity College Dublin, head of Centre for Deaf Studies, Deaf Studies scholar.

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2013

Spanish-English translator of, among others, Miguel de Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes.

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2013
Giuliana Zeuli

Translator of Roddy Doyle, Catherine Dunne, Bernard MacLaverty and Irvine Welsh, former chairperson of the ATII executive committee.

2012

French-English and Spanish-English translator of Michel Houellebecq, Boualem Sansal and Alonso Cueto.

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2011
Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta

Translator and editor of Irish translation of the Bible in Irish published in 1982. († 2016)

2007
Michael Cronin

Professor at Dublin City University, member of the Royal Irish Academy, Translation Studies scholar.

2006

Professor of Italian at Trinity College Dublin, translator of the Decameron into English, founding member of the ATII.

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2005

Translator of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and other works into Irish, former chairperson of the ITIA.

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2004
Jin Di

Translator into Chinese of Ulysses by James Joyce. († 2008)

2002
Seán Mac Mathghamhna

Translator of poetry into Irish. († 2008)

2002
Nicholas J.A. Williams

Translator of the New Testament from Greek to Cornish.

2001
Helen Campbell

Conference interpreter and interpreter trainer at the Directorate General for Interpretation at the European Commission.

2000
Micheál Ó Cearúil

Translator from English to Irish.

1997
Lar Cassidy

Member of Arts Council, supporter of translation of poetry. († 1997)

1994
Rosangela Barone
1992
Brian Gormley

One of the first translators to work in localisation.

1991
John F. Deane

Founding member of the Irish Translators’ Association, poet and translator of poetry.