ABSTRACT
The organization of the profession Canada is a virtual paradise for translators; it is probably the place where the profession is most structured. In a country of barely 27 million people, there are no less than 25 differ ent associations of translators, interpreters or terminologists. If we were to include the organizations that have disappeared since the first translators ' association was founded in 1919 (the Cercle des Traducteurs des Livres Bleus), the total would reach 35. Between 1919 and 1984 , a new association of transla tors, interpreters or terminologists was formed, on average, every two years.
