Reflection on the project and next steps
In the autumn of 2023 we launched an initiative to consider the potential to create an ethical framework for ITI members. We curated and hosted a programme of events where we invited a range of experts and other stakeholders to help us to faciliate a discussion between academics and practitioners.
We called this space for conversations about ethics the ITI Coffee House following the spirit of the coffee houses of the eighteenth century where the Enlightenment was born. The aim was for the conversations to be informal and free-flowing and for participants to contribute rather than just to listen. We invited members and others with an interest in ethics to join the debates, with the aim of generating the core principles that will form our ethical framework.
We brought the sessions to a close during the summer and have taken some time to reflect on the progress so far. We would now like to share a summary of the progress to date and to ask ITI members and others what should happen next.
Join us for an update on the journey from 'Codes to Coffee Houses' and help us decide on the next steps.



Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, Cardiff University
Dr Joseph Lambert teaches a broad range of modules across the BA and MA programmes in Translation and his primary area of research interest is the ethics of translation. Like his teaching, this work sits at the interface between translation theory and practice. He has recently published a textbook with Routledge entitled Translation Ethics and has authored and co-authored several articles and book chapters relating to the translation profession, questions of pay, status, and regulation in the UK, and translation codes of ethics. He also has significant experience as a freelance translator and is a member of the ITI.
Chief Executive, Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI)
Sara initially trained as an architect at Edinburgh College of Art where she specialised in historic building conservation. Having undertaken the SPAB Lethaby Scholarship in 2002 she spent the early years of her career honing her skills in conservation policy and practice in various roles at the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Leading the award-winning Faith in Maintenance project was a highlight from this time. In 2015, she left SPAB to take up a strategic policy role as Head of Historic Environment at the Heritage Lottery Fund before returning to the voluntary sector to become Chief Executive at Icon (the Institute of Conservation) in January 2019.