#TranslatingEurope Forum

#TranslatingEurope 

Forum 

Brussels 

29-30 October 2015 

Translation

Dear participants, 

Welcome to the second edition of the Translating Europe Forum! 

This annual event is organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation to 

bring together all sides of the European family of translation. Translation has been part of the European 

project since the very beginning. As we have grown from 4 to 24 official EU languages we have always 

felt the need and desire to learn and to share. We have always been part of this extraordinary 

professional community – proud of its past and confident about its future. 

This year’s Forum is all about young people in translation. 

We wanted this Forum to be not only for young people, but also to be co-created by young people. To be 

used as a place to bring forward ideas, projects, experiences and new approaches in translation. A place 

to pool our creative capacity, make connections and stimulate innovation in the translation industry. 

We wanted to tap into the knowledge of students studying translation at universities that are part of 

the European Master’s in Translation (EMT) Network and beyond. We also wanted to learn about the 

great work being done by young linguists all over Europe. They cover a range of translation-related 

areas, from localisation at Google, translation of videogames, subtitling online courses, multilingual app 

development and much more. We launched two calls for ideas, and a selection of the many interesting 

proposals we received has shaped the rich and varied programme of these two days. Thank you for 

your ideas and contributions. 

The language industry is becoming ever more varied and innovative. Young linguists embarking upon a 

career in languages need to be armed with a range of skills and resources to meet the demands of the 

market. This is why we have placed quite an emphasis on training, mentoring and career coaching. The 

Forum opens with sessions on empowering translators and on the journey from language enthusiasts to 

young professionals. Let's continue this journey together! 

Rytis Martikonis 

Director-General 

Directorate General for Translation

Thursday 29 October 2015 

8.00 — 9.00 Registration and welcome coffee 

9.00 — 9.15 Welcome address by Xosé Castro Roig 

9.15 — 10.00 

10.00 — 11.00 

Empowering young translators 

Joy Ogeh-Hutfield 

[De Gasperi] 

The journey from language enthusiast to young professional 

O. Tkach, F. McLauchlan, S. Hruška, J. Cucchiarini, L. Púčiková 

[De Gasperi] 

11.00 — 11.30 Coffee break 

11.30 — 12.45 

Lightning project presentations 

C. Vanone, E. Pio, J. Mariani, C. Barceló, J. Vela 

[De Gasperi] 

12.45 — 14.45 Networking lunch and poster sessions 

14.45 — 16.30 Parallel workshops – Session 1 

(SOCIAL) NETWORKING 

FOR TRANSLATORS 

[De Gasperi] 

GET ON TRACK – 

CAREER COACHING AND 

MENTORING 

FOR YOUNG TRANSLATORS 

[Jenkins] 

PUBLIC SERVICE 

TRANSLATION 

AND INTERPRETATION – 

A STUDY AND AN APP 

[Mansholt] 

16.30 — 17.00 Coffee break 


TRAINING TRANSLATORS 

IN A CHANGING WORLD 

(1) 

[De Gasperi] 

TRANSLATION PLATFORMS 

AND TOOLS IN THE 

DIGITAL AGE 

[Jenkins] 

FROM JUNIOR 

ENTREPRENEURS TO FULL 

PROFESSIONALS, 

LEARNING BUSINESS BY 

DOING 

[Mansholt] 

18.00 — 18.20 

Wrap-up 

[De Gasperi] 

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Friday 30 October 2015 

8.30 — 9.15 Welcome coffee 

9.15 — 9.30 

9.30 — 10.00 

Opening session by Xosé Castro Roig 

[De Gasperi] 

Brand yourself! 

Valeria Aliperta 

[De Gasperi] 


TRAINING TRANSLATORS 

IN A CHANGING WORLD (2) 

[De Gasperi] 

THE ROLE 

OF TRANSLATION 

FOR MULTILINGUALISM 

[Jenkins] 

A ‘TRAVEL KIT’ FOR 

THE JOURNEY TO 

PROFESSIONAL 

TRANSLATOR 

[Mansholt] 


A TRANSLATOR'S PALETTE 

OF SKILLS FOR THE XXIst 

CENTURY 

[De Gasperi] 

GET ON TRACK – 

CAREER COACHING AND 

MENTORING FOR YOUNG 

TRANSLATORS 

[Jenkins] 

REVISION & TERMINOLOGY 

[Mansholt] 

Forum highlights and food for thought 

[De Gasperi] 

12.00 — 12.45 

Rytis Martikonis, Director-General of DG Translation, will wrap up the Forum with 

Xosé Castro Roig and a few young participants. Join us in bringing the two days to 

a close, discussing the main ideas that emerged during the 

Forum and sharing views on ways to keep alive the connections made here. 

12.45 Standing buffet 

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The Translating Europe project 

The Directorate-General for Translation has long-standing relations with several categories of 

translation stakeholders: universities, in particular EMT universities, the language industry, 

national language institutes, translation services of Member States, professional associations, 

independent professionals, experts in training, terminologists, etc. 

Experience has shown that DG Translation can successfully act as a catalyser for synergies 

among this varied community, with a view to promoting a diversified and sustainable 

market for professional translators in Europe. For instance, DG Translation has encouraged 

cooperation between the language industry and EMT universities, to help translation graduates 

enter the job market. 

‘Translating Europe’ Forum and workshops: the concept 

The ‘Translating Europe’ concept comprises two strands: a yearly Forum organised centrally and a 

number of local workshops organised in the Member States throughout the year. 

The following workshops are planned until the end of 2015. For more information consult our 

website ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/programmes/translating_europe. 

LATVIA Riga 4.11.2015 Towards a Centralised Latvian Terminology Database 

SLOVENIA Maribor 6.11.2015 Translation as professional opportunity 

CZECH REPUBLIC Prague 6-7.11.2015 St. Jerome’s Days 

GERMANY Stuttgart 10-12.11.2015 

tcworld 2015 — conference and job fair for language 

professionals and students 

GERMANY Berlin 20-21.11.2015 Expolingua Language Fair (booth and panel discussion) 

UNITED KINGDOM Durham 25.11.2015 

SLOVAKIA Bratislava 27-28.11.2015 

FRANCE 

POLAND & CZECH 

REP. 

Location tbd 

November 

2015 

Warsaw Nov-Dec. 2015 

SPAIN Madrid Dec. 2015 

ITALY Trieste 3.12.2015 

SLOVAKIA Bratislava 22.12.2015 

Machine translation: threats and opportunities for 

emerging translators and society 

3rd International Conference Translation from/into Languages 

of Limited Diffusion 

State of play of the ‘right to translation and interpretation’ 

in courts 

Points of view in translator's competence and translation 

quality 

Workshop on freelance translation at a Conference 

‘Freelance translators in Spain: state of play and future’ 

Foreign-language competence for future language professionals: 

Reassessing market needs and training programmes 

Workshop on setting the framework for terminology and 

translation information exchange between EU institutions 

and the Slovak public administration 

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Thursday 29 October, Friday 30 October 

Poster exhibition 

Mansholt/Jenkins Foyer 

Chiara BARTOLINI (EMT) The Agora Project 

Anca BODZER 

Olexandr BONDARENKO 

Tetyana STRUK 

Rita BUENO MAIA 

Kerstin DEWENTER (EMT) 

Luisa GIACOMA 

Simona BRUNETTI 

Elisa GIUMMARRA (EMT) 

Martin KAPPUS 

Christian KRIELE 

Cristian LAKÓ 

Vesna LUSICKY (EMT) 

Diana PEPPOLONI 

Marion SCHWARTZBARD 

(EMT) 

Motivations to become a professional translator 

and interpreter in the public sector 

Vox Translatorum 

Integrating indirect translation into the academic 

education of future generations of translators 

across Europe: a Lisbon model 

Translators’ cooperative InTra – a viable 

framework for freelancers? 

Young talents and translation: the model of 

Dresden Excellence University 

Gender discrimination and sexism in language: an 

interlingual and intralingual analysis of a 

trilingual corpus of EU directives (English, Italian 

and Spanish) (UNINT, Eurolect Observatory). 

Teaching terminology, language technology and 

translation – an integrated approach 

Beyond translation skills: a freelancer’s 

perspective 

Towards convergence of e-research in translation 

studies and e-learning in translator training 

through language and technology resources 

Project CASE (Collocations in Academic Spoken 

English): building linguistic tools for translating 

multiword expressions 

Documentary research, terminology, translation: 

three skills for one purpose – and one 

dissertation? 

Emma SEDDON (EMT) Applying assemblage theory to translation 

Sanja SELJAN 

Andrea SPILA 

Outi SUPPANEN (EMT) 

Interdisciplinary education of technology in 

translation 

CommonS (Common Spaces for Collaborative 

Learning) 

Basically, a freelancer has to know how to do it 

all on her own 

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Thursday 29 October 9.15—10.00 

Empowering young translators 

De Gasperi room 

Plenary session 


@joytransfo 

Joy Ogeh-Hutfield is the founder of Joy Transformation, a coaching business working 

with individuals and businesses to maximise results by creating a winning mind-set. 

Joy Transformation was formed because Joy realised that most businesses are failing 

to achieve desired results because they do not harness the right mind-set for success, 

leading them to struggle with time, money and their teams within a very competitive 

market place. 

Joy’s goal is to empower individuals to take ownership and lead from a higher perspective, 

where they quickly gain positive results and practical skills that can make a profound 

difference in their lives and businesses. 

As Mastery graduate student at the Anthony Robbins Mastery University Program and 

also an accredited coach by the International Coaching Federation, Joy applies her expertise 

to empower both individuals and organisations to ‘step out’ by creating a bigger 

vision that will empower people to lead with clarity, purpose and a sense of fulfilment. 

An inspirational and motivational speaker with maximum impact, Joy has been invited 

as guest speaker at many major national and international conferences and events, 

including the British Association of Women Policing, the ATC and EUATC, the South 

Wales Chambers of Commerce and Tenovus Cancer Awareness. 

I will talk about… 

The Power of Vision 

A powerful vision opens a world of infinite possibilities. 

The Power of Vision is a practical and interactive presentation that explores the importance of harnessing 

a strong and empowering vision in order to build a lasting and successful business. It will 

empower the participants to step out, think outside the box and harness an ‘I can do’ attitude. 

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The journey from language enthusiast 

to young professional 



Travel tips, do’s and don’ts from young professionals who have taken the plunge into the language 

profession. What steps have they taken on the road from university to professional life? 

Where has their journey taken them, and what lessons have they learned? 

Moderator: LAURA BOSELLI, Translating Europe Project Manager, DG Translation 

Oksana Tkach 

Oksana recently received her Bachelor’s degree in English-Ukrainian translation from Franko National 

University in Lviv, Ukraine. She now works as a localisation specialist. She is passionate about computational 

linguistics, natural language processing and text analysis, which she thinks can bring translation 

to a qualitatively and quantitatively new level. Her biggest ambition at the moment is to create a 

tool for English-Ukrainian machine translation. 


On the basis of my own journey to becoming professional translator, I will try to describe what I imagine 

the skillset of translation graduates should be in order for them and the industry to succeed 

and develop. 

Fiona McLauchlan 

Fiona holds a BA in German and Spanish and an MA in German and Spanish Applied Translation studies 

from the University of Leeds. Towards the end of her MA course she successfully applied for a 

fellowship at the World Intellectual Property Organisation, where she spent six months receiving individual 

mentoring in translating patent abstracts from both German and Spanish into English. She still 

works remotely for the Organisation.. 


My discussion topic is a fairly anecdotal account of my progression from language enthusiast to professional 

language service provider. This is an experience that I hope many can relate to, that may 

inspire some, or that may motivate others to tell us about their alternative paths. 

Slavomir Hruška 

@slavomir_hruska 

ENTREPRENEUR | LIFE HACKER | STARTUP ADVISOR 

In his early twenties, Slavomir embarked on a journey of entrepreneurship. Having always been passionate 

about solving problems, this actually turned out to be the most valuable skill in life. He 

strongly believes that everyone can shape their own reality. With a background in translation and 

cultural studies, he is currently the acting CEO at the innovative start-up Localizationguru. 

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Jessica Cucchiarini 

Jessica holds a BA in Modern Languages from the ‘Carlo Bo’ University of Urbino in Italy and an MA in 

Translation Studies from the University of Birmingham. While in the UK she developed an interest for 

science and medicine and decided to specialise in medical translation. Jessica recently started her 

business as a freelance translator (JC-translate.com) thanks to a start-up entrepreneurial grant from 

the University of Birmingham. She also works as a project manager in a multinational translation 

company. 


My First Steps in the Medical Translation Industry. Challenges and Solutions. 

There are a number of challenges that I was faced with as a young translator when trying to ‘make it’ 

in the medical translation industry: building up my linguistic/translation background, knowledge of the 

translation industry, competition, specialised knowledge, getting started and finding work. 

I would like to talk about some of these key challenges and the solutions I found, from studying for 

an MA in Translation Studies to attending extra professional development courses, obtaining a 

Certificate in Good Clinical Practice, gaining experience as a project manager and finally creating my 

own freelance business. 

Lucia Púčiková 

@TradiVari 

Lucia is an experienced translator and managing director of her own translation company, TradiVari. 

Languages are both her vocation and passion. She holds a Master’s degree in Translation from the 

Translation and Interpretation Institute (ISTI) in Brussels and has worked in the Web Translation Unit 

of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation, where she was instrumental in 

translating the Slovak sections of Commission websites. In 2013 Lucia decided to found her own 

translation company, which she currently manages from Udine in Italy. 


It is not always easy to turn your passion into a vocation but it is certainly worth it. During this 

discovery journey I have collected some travel tips that I would like to share now with those 

embarking on the same challenging expedition. These might help them reach the destination faster or 

at least in a pleasant way. 

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Lightning project presentations 



Five young professionals take the floor and offer us a glimpse of the projects they are working on. 

Moderators: XOSÉ CASTRO ROIG, JORGE DIAZ-CINTAS 

Chiara Vanone 

Chiara works at Google European Headquarters as AdWords account manager. In 2013 she completed 

her studies in Specialised Translation and Conference Interpreting at the University of Modern 

Languages for Interpreters and Translators in Trieste (Italy), focusing her academic research on 

localisation trends and marketing influences on internationalisation projects. As a CIUTI Prize Winner, 

she presented her final dissertation (‘Localisation in the web-marketing era’) at the 2015 CIUTI Forum 

organised by the UN. 


‘Localise with Google' is an initiative developed with Google’s localisation team to give both 

Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students a better understanding of skills, trends and opportunities 

behind today’s globalisation, internationalisation, localisation and translation (GILT) market. The 

project started in February 2015 in partnership with Rachele Maggiolini, an Italian language specialist 

at Google. 

Estefania Pio 

Estefania studied specialised translation at the University of Geneva Faculty of Translation and 

Interpreting (FTI), graduating in 2012. As part of her current position as a teaching and research 

assistant, she is coordinating a collaborative subtitling project with MA students at her alma mater. 

Since graduating, she has been working as a professional freelance translator (into French) and also 

runs a professional development workshop on revision (German into French) for experienced 

translators in Switzerland. 


Subtitling MOOCs: a collaborative translation project with a team of MA Students. 

The ‘Coursera Subtitling Project’ offers MA students at the University of Geneva Faculty of Translation 

and Interpreting the opportunity to subtitle English-language MOOCs (massive open online courses) in 

French. The project involves translation, revision and different aspects of project management such as 

terminology, quality control, deadlines and communication. 

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Jessica Mariani 

@MarianiJS 

Jessica is a PhD candidate in English Language and Translation at the University of Verona, where she 

works as an assistant of English Language and History of the English Language. She is a Journalism Postgraduate 

and has worked as a journalist both in Dublin and Brussels, where she recently completed a 

traineeship at the European Parliament Press Unit. The multilingual setting of the European Union inspired 

her to set up an interdisciplinary research project entitled ‘Building a European Perspective in News Translation’, 

where she investigates the role of the news translator and analyses translation processes and practices 

involved in the information flow from European Institutions to the news media. 


‘Trans-editors’: common ground for young journalists and translators 

With reference to my PhD project and academic research data, I will first present the role of the news 

translator in the EU context before going on to discuss what universities might do to shape future 

programmes for young translators and journalists and prepare them for the job market. 

Curri Barceló, Jennifer Vela 

Curri holds a BA in Translation and Interpreting and a MA in Audiovisual Translation from the Universitat 

Autònoma de Barcelona. After working as Spanish Quality Assurance Localisation Lead for a games publisher 

in London (Eidos-SCi, currently Square-Enix Europe), she became a full-time freelance localisation 

and quality assurance specialist. During her career as a freelancer, she has localised over 200 games and 

tested over 40. Currently she helps companies create multilingual content for their products, while also 

working as a project manager. In 2013, Curri combined her knowledge in video game industry with her 

passion for teaching by starting to teach game localisation for an online course. 

Jennifer has been working as a freelance web, software and game localiser since 2005, and gives courses 

on Audiovisual Translation and Software and Videogame localisation in different Spanish universities 

(ULPGC, ULL and UJI) and in professional associations (ATRAE). Jennifer coordinated the LocJam 2015 

workshop in the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and, together with Curri Barceló and 

Samuel Strong, organised the LocJam 2015 workshop at University College London (UK.) Nowadays, she 

combines her activity as an independent researcher and lecturer in London with her work as Localisation 

Quality Manager for the Spanish market of Expedia Inc. 

We will talk about… 

Localisation jam — A non-profit videogame translation contest 

Videogame translation is an exciting new field, but how can you start your career if formal training is still 

very limited and experience is required for even the most junior positions? Let’s see how the International 

Game Developers Association (IGDA) offered one answer with the LocJAM contest and in doing so reached 

almost a thousand aspiring translators worldwide, from London to Minsk and from Tokyo to Montevideo. 

And more specifically, we’ll see how the IGDA Localisation Group joined the efforts of universities, companies 

and specialists in keeping the initiative completely free, non-profit and open-source despite a budget 

of zero euros. 

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Xosé Castro Roig 

Based in Madrid, Xosé has been an English to Spanish translator, proofreader, copywriter and teacher since 

1990. He is specialised in software localisation and in audiovisual and marketing translation. Since 2000 he 

has also hosted TV shows and worked on various radio programmes. Xosé gives workshops and conferences 

around Latin America, Spain and the US and is a regular guest speaker at international events. He has published 

hundreds of articles on specialised translation, copywriting and professional development for novice 

translators. 

Jorge Diaz-Cintas 

Jorge is the Director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London. He is the 

author of numerous articles, special issues and books on audiovisual translation. He was the president of 

the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation from 2002 until 2010 and is now one of its 

directors. He is a member of the international research group TransMedia, a member of the EU Language 

Industry Expert Group, and the Chief Editor of the Peter Lang series New Trends in Translation Studies. He 

was the recipient of the Jan Ivarsson Award (2014) and the Xènia Martínez Award (2015) for invaluable 

services to the field of audiovisual translation. He is member of DG Translation’s LIND board. 

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(Social) networking for translators 


Workshop 

Moderator: MARTA STELMASZAK 

This interactive session will focus on discovering and discussing the variety of options available to 

linguists in the realm of social media. We will look at research projects aiming at uncovering the 

use of social media, specifically translator communities on Facebook, creating and fostering online 

communities and designing networking platforms. Then we’ll move to a debate on practical applications 

of social media for language professionals and students alike, drawing examples from 

presented research projects and participants’ own experience. 

Marta Stelmaszak 

@mstelmaszak 

Marta is a Polish and English translator and interpreter specialised in law, IT, marketing and business. 

She is a member of the Management Committee of the Interpreting Division at the Chartered Institute 

of Linguists and of the International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters. Marta is 

also a qualified business mentor, a member of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs and the 

Chartered Institute of Marketing. In 2015, she was selected by the Association of Independent Professionals 

and the Self-Employed (IPSE) as one of top 15 freelancers in the UK and graduated from the 

London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Marta runs the Business School for Translators, an online course and entrepreneurial blog for translators 

and interpreters and published a book. She is active on Twitter and Facebook, where she shares 

information on the business aspects of being a translator and interpreter. 


Although working individually or on a freelance basis, translators hardly ever are or should be alone. 

In this workshop on (social) networking for translators, we’ll look at creating, existing and thriving in 

communities to enhance professional experience. 

This session will give you the opportunity to hear about exciting research around networking for translators 

and take part in a debate on the usefulness of networking and social media. 

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Marta Nowak 

Marta obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Translation and French & English Language Teaching from the Institute 

of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw. She is currently an MA student in Interpreting in the 

same institute with Polish, French and English as her working languages. Since 2013, she has been employed 

as a part-time in-house translator with law, trade and education as her main areas of specialisation. 

She plans to write her Master’s thesis on pragmatic interference in interpreted speeches. 


Facebook groups for translators: an opportunity for beginners. 

The presentation covers the topic of translator communities on Facebook, considering in particular the role 

they can play in the professional development of novice translators and focusing on three popular Polish 

Facebook groups for translators and interpreters. 

GentVertaalt 

@GentVertaalt 

GentVertaalt was founded in 2013 by three former students of the University 

of Ghent, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication: 

Tom Van Cleempoel (who will present the project during this session) graduated 

in 2005 as a translator (Dutch-English-German). After taking an interpreting 

course and spending a year abroad working for a Czech translation agency, he 

became a freelance translator in 2007 and is now working under his own 

company name ‘TVC Translations’. 

Sébastien Devogele is a conference interpreter and translator (Dutch-French-Spanish). He graduated in 2006. After working for a 

translation and interpreting company for a while, he decided to start his own agency, Déesse, in 2007. He also teaches consecutive and 

simultaneous interpreting at Ghent University. This autumn, he will be presiding over a pilot project aimed at certifying interpreters in the 

Netherlands. 

Mick De Meyer also graduated in 2006. He worked in telecommunications for three years before deciding to take the plunge and 

become a full-time freelance translator (Dutch-English-French-Swedish) in 2010. His company is called mdmx. 


GentVertaalt: translators working, sharing and learning together 

Translating is often regarded as a lonely profession. After experiencing this first-hand and hearing colleagues complain about the lack of 

social interaction, three young people from the translation industry decided to invite fellow translators, interpreters and other linguists to 

work together, learn from one another by sharing experiences and best practices, and meet in an informal setting. The idea was simple 

enough, but how do you reach all those translators? How difficult is it to create a small ‘community’, whether online or in real life? 

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Cristian Păcurar 

@pacurarcristian 

Cristian Păcurar is a student taking a European Master’s in Translation Studies and Terminology, 

Department for Applied Modern Languages at the Babes-Bolyai University, Romania. He holds a BA 

degree in English and French from the Department of Applied Modern Languages of the same 

University. For the past 4 years Cristian has been the student representative for his academic year 

and has contributed substantially to projects run by the Department, including the SPEAQ 

project (Sharing practice in enhancing and assuring quality) coordinated by the University of Southampton, 

UK, and the OTCT project (Optimising Translator Training through Collaborative Technical 

Translation) coordinated by the University of Rennes 2, France. 


InterEMT – Enhanced collaboration amongst EMT network partners (students) 

InterEMT is a platform that brings together students from all EMT-affiliated Master’s programmes. I 

strongly believe that giving students the possibility to connect with each other can help them have a 

better understanding of what they want to do while they are still studying. 

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Thursday 29 October, Friday 30 October 

Get on track. 

Career coaching and mentoring 

for young translators 

Jenkins room 

Workshops 

29 October: 14.45 — 16.30 

30 October: 11.00 —12.00 

Hosts: 

INKALIISA VIHONEN, Programme Manager, DG Translation 

CLAUDIO CHIAVETTA, Lionbridge, Director Government Business – Europe, 

LIND Board @ChiavettaC 

Want to become a translation specialist but you are not sure your qualifications tick all the relevant 

boxes? Interested in working in the translation industry, but wonder what's in there for you? 

You can discuss the career options of translators and other translation specialists with 

translation professionals having extensive experience of the industry. They will give you feed-back on 

your profile, qualifications and career prospects within the translation sector. 

Pre-registration on site on the day of the conference, places available on a first-come, 

first-served basis. 

Please bring your CV with you. 

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Public service translation and interpretation 

A study and an app 

Mansholt room 

Workshop 

Moderator: PIET VERLEYSEN, Director of Resources, DG Translation 

Mobility — both internal and external — brings huge benefits for our societies and is rightly supported by EU policies. 

It is also the subject of debate between policy-makers, professionals, civil society and academia. In 

healthcare, mobility means patients having all the information they need to make well-considered decisions with 

healthcare professionals across borders. The support of language specialists (translators and interpreters) is 

particularly essential when the person does not have an adequate command of the language of the host 

country. 

A panel will discuss the findings of a study commissioned by DG Translation on the subject of ‘Public Service 

Translation in Cross-Border Healthcare’. The study focuses on the policies implemented to address these needs 

in five EU countries (Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy and the UK). 

Christian Degueldre 

Christian Degueldre has taught Translation and Interpreting courses at Hankuk University (Korea), the 

Monterey Institute of International Studies and San Diego State University (California). At SDSU he 

directed the course for the Certificate in Translation and Interpreting and ran the Center for the Advancement 

of Distinguished Proficiency. He is a member of the International Association of Conference 

Interpreters (AIIC) and has an extensive experience as a freelance translator and conference 

interpreter in over 50 countries and at a number of high-profile events and places such as the Seoul 

Olympic Games, the Miami Summit, the Pentagon and the G-20 Summit. He has interpreted for 

Obama, Mitterrand, Bill & Hilary Clinton, Bush, Gorbachev, Thatcher, Mandela and Merkel. He has published 

on language proficiency, mental representations, teaching technologies. As consultant for the 

UN, he was adviser for the ADB. 

He will represent the study’s author, Professor Claudia Angelelli (Chair in Multilingualism and Communication, 

Heriot-Watt University). 

Carmen Valero Garcés 

Professor in Translation and Interpretation at the University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain. Board Member 

of EU-DGT EMT network. Director of the Training Program in Translation and Interpreting in the 

Public Services since it started in 1999. Coordinator of the research group FITISPos (Training, 

Research and Practice in PSIT, in English), organizer the UAH International Conferences in Translation 

which began in 1996. Founder of the double-blind peer review, a multilingual and free access online 

FITISPOS International Journal and the association AFIPTISP. 

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Réka Somssich 

Réka is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, where she 

works at the Department of Private International Law and European Economic Law. Between 1997 

and 2004 she led the Translation Coordination Unit of the Ministry of Justice, which was in charge of 

translating the EU acquis, and from 2004 to 2010 she headed the EU Law Department in the same 

ministry. She obtained her PhD degree in 2008. Her teaching and research interests cover multilingual 

lawmaking, internal market law and national courts’ application of EU law. She was the research 

coordinator and co-author of the comprehensive DGT studies ‘Lawmaking in the EU multilingual environment’ 

(2010) and ‘Language and Translation in International Law and EU Law’ (2012). 

Dolores Fernandes del Pozo 

Dolores has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism (University of Santiago de Compostela, 2011), a Bachelor’s 

Degree in Translation and Interpreting (University of Vigo, 2013), and a Master’s Degree in 

Communication and Creative Industries (University of Santiago de Compostela, 2012). She is currently 

a PhD student at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh) where she is studying the communicative 

needs of victims of human trafficking. She also works as a freelance translator, interpreter and journalist, 

and was research assistant for the ‘Speak Out for Support (SOS-VICS)’ project (funded by the 

Criminal Justice Programme of the European Union, 2012-2014) and ‘A Study on Public Service 

Translation in Cross Border Healthcare’ (funded by the European Commission’s DG Translation, 

2015). 

Raquel Lázaro-Gutiérrez 

Raquel is a PhD Assistant Professor at the Modern Philology Department of the Universidad de Alcalá. 

She coordinates and works as a trainer for the Degree in Modern Languages and Translation at 

the University’s Guadalajara campus and the University Master’s in Intercultural Communication and 

Public Service Translation and Interpretation. She is also the coordinator of the Internship Programme. 

Her research interests focus on healthcare interpretation and she has published a number 

of scientific publications. 

Raquel has taken part in several research projects that received funding from Spanish and European 

institutions. Some of the most recent are: SOS-VICS (‘Speak Out for Support’), which focuses on interpretation 

in gender-based violence contexts and which received funding from the European Commission’s 

Directorate-General for Justice, and InterMed, which assesses the quality of services provided 

by mediators in the healthcare area and which was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy. 

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Adriana Jaime Pérez 

@migralingua 

Adriana obtained a degree in Translation and Interpreting in French at the Universidad de Granada in 

2009, where she also qualified as a sworn translator. This was followed by a Master’s Degree in 

Intercultural Communication, Public Service Interpreting and Translation at the Universidad de Alcalá 

in 2011. She worked as researcher and mediator-interpreter (from French) for two years in the 

‘Mediación Interlinguística e Intercultural: Diseño, Coordinación y Seguimiento de un Equipo de 

§Mediadores Sanitarios’ I+D+i project in the Department of Modern Philology of the Universidad de 

Alcalá in 2012. 

Since 2012 Adriana has been a lecturer in intercultural communication and interpreting in healthcare 

settings as part of the Master’s Degree in Intercultural Communication, Public Service Interpreting and 

Translation at the Universidad de Alcalá. She is co-founder of the Migralingua translation agency and 

responsible for the development and launch of the Voze telephone interpretation app and for the 

training and assessment of its team of interpreters. 


The development of Voze, an app for smartphones, is part of an innovative project in the field of remote 

interpreting and translation whose main purpose is to facilitate the communication between 

users of different languages. The app offers access to phone interpreting as well as to official, general 

and express translation services. The express service is adapted to deal with short texts that can be 

translated in less than an hour. 

The presentation of the app ‘VOZE’ will be interpreted in French sign 

language by Thérèse Boissier (Université de Toulouse 2 - Le Mirail). 

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Training translators in a changing world (1) 


Workshop 

Moderator: ANDREW ROTHWELL, Swansea University, 

Professor of French and Translation Studies, EMT Board 

Graduation and gaining a foothold in the labour market are big steps for young 

professionals. How does translation training cope with the challenges the graduates are facing 

today? Is there something their future employers can do to help? 

Nele Van Eesbeek 

@Nele_VanEesbeek 

Nele is Global Partner Manager at Xplanation, leading a worldwide team responsible for the external 

supply chain of this top 50 international language services provider. She has over nine years’ 

experience in the translation and localisation industry. Educated in the Netherlands, 

Belgium, Germany and Argentina, Nele holds a Master’s degree in 

Linguistics and Literature from the University of Leuven, a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies from 

the University of Konstanz, a Master’s degree in Journalism from Erasmushogeschool Brussels and an 

international English Teaching degree from Training International TEFL Buenos Aires. Nele’s career to 

date has seen her work as a journalist, translator and editor, as well as a localisation project and 

partner manager. She also works together with academic institutions to attract young talent to the 

translation industry. 


Is the world running out of skilled translators? Based on our experience, young professionals 

entering the market tend not to lack the skills, but rather proper guidance within the industry. In this 

workshop, we will emphasize the importance of mentoring and illustrate this concept using a threefold 

business model that applies to students, freelancers and translation buyers. 

Marie Gay 

Marie holds a Master’s degree in Technical translation and Translation project management from the 

University of Lille III. She started her career with an internship at FD Expertise, an electronic games 

and accessories’ company, followed by a translation internship at Land Force Command in Lille 

(translation of a paratrooper glossary, translation of the necessary content to schedule the first exchange 

between French troops and American cadets). 

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Choosing the right university can be quite challenging for students. Everyone tries to make the best 

choice since the courses chosen will definitely influence their professional orientation. But how can 

they make the best choice? What makes a university course training professional translators a good 

one? I will try and analyse the ways in which courses bring students closer to the ‘real’ world of professional 

translation, in particular the technical translation Master degree. Also, I will share how/why 

the university courses I attended helped me (or not) face the difficulties and questions linked to becoming 

a professional. 

Anu Carnegie-Brown 

@anucarnegie 

Anu has built a career in Nordic translation companies in Finland and the UK. After graduating from 

the University of Helsinki in 1993, the past 20 years have seen her contribute to the growth of three 

Nordic companies from modest start-ups to streamlined organisations. Since 2001, she has devoted 

her talents to Sandberg Translation Partners Ltd, an EN-15038 certified translation production 

company currently ranked 69 on the Common Sense Advisory list of the world’s largest language 

service providers. Anu spends her time steering the company’s in-house production, vendor 

management and HR as well as being involved in brand building, marketing, business analysis and 

finance. 

In 2014, Anu created an ‘Introduction to the Translation Industry’ course for the University of Helsinki 

and inspired an entire team of industry peers to teach it. In 2015, she joined the Professional Development 

Committee of the UK Institute of Translation and Interpreting as a corporate member. At the 

European Language Industry Association (ELIA), she coordinates the regional ELIA Exchange teams for 

Finland and the UK. 


A case study of a new Translation Studies course. 

The course is aimed at translation students in their last two years of an MA translation degree. After 

the course, the students will understand how the global translation market operates, what jobs are 

available to a translation graduate, how to supply services as a freelancer, how the main tools in the 

industry are applied, what translation project management looks like and how graduates can embrace 

the diverse options waiting for them in the commercial world. 

Chiara Raimondo 

Chiara’s academic journey started at Salford University in the UK, where she obtained a BA degree in 

Translation and Interpreting with Spanish and Italian. She then enrolled in a Master’s degree in Screen 

Translation at the Università di Bologna, Italy. 

She has been in the translation business for seven years and currently works as a Solution Architect 

at JONCKERS, a global localisation business, where she creates bespoke services for international 

companies in need of global communication solutions. 


During the workshop session I will provide a short overview of the services localisation companies are 

providing to businesses and what they look for in external suppliers. In addition, I will recommend key 

areas young professionals should focus on in order to prepare themselves for the localisation job 

market (qualifications, experience, expertise, research). Lastly, I will provide examples of roles in the 

industry and typical career paths that can come from working in the localisation industry. 

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Translation platforms and tools 

in the digital age 

Jenkins room 

Workshop 

Moderators: 

CHRISTOPHE DECLERCQ — University College London / University of Antwerp, lecturer, translator, 

LIND Board @chrisdec71 

DRAGOȘ CIOBANU — Lecturer in Translation Studies, University of Leeds, EMT BOARD, 

@elearningbakery 

Just as other professions, translation needs to embrace the digital to train, create and exchange. 

How do the new translation platforms and tools help us and what is there at stake? 

Maria Pia Montoro 

@WordLo 

Web content manager and terminologist at the European Parliament in Luxembourg. Previously: web 

content manager, linguistic tester, UI (user interface) terminologist, translator at Intrasoft 

International, Luxembourg; web content editor and media monitoring officer at the Italian Ministry of 

Economy and Finance and the Italian Court of Auditors; news translator (transeditor) for a news agency 

in Rome. Graduated at La Sapienza University (Rome) in Modern Languages and Literature. Master 

in news translation at SSML ‘Gregorio VII’, Rome. ECQA certified terminology manager. 


Twitter4#t9y - Twitter for terminology 

Twitter and other social media are an immense resource that can offer linguists the opportunity to 

explore how language is evolving. 

Why Twitter? Because its data is public and immediately available: a huge data consisting of around 

340 million tweets sent every day, according to Twitter. Twitter offers records of language mutating in 

real time and space. Tweets provide location data and the time they were sent, allowing thus to map 

out the way in which new words become popular and spread and how they evolve. That makes Twitter 

an effective tool for terminology work. Examples will be provided on how we can use its public data 

for research, how to find neologisms, monitor their evolution, ask questions to followers, establish our 

expertise by answering questions, live-tweet from conferences and events, and even find jobs opportunities. 

Laura Jones 

Laura holds an undergraduate degree in Computing and European Languages (German and Italian). 

After her degree, she enrolled in the distance learning programme offered by the University of 

Portsmouth and, later, started working as a translator. She finished the MA in December last year and 

now works full time as a translator and translation coordinator. 

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The University of Portsmouth online MA programme. 

The distance learning MA programme at the University of Portsmouth enabled me to work towards a 

qualification that genuinely opens doors to working in the industry and at the same time gain valuable 

work experience and thereby also fund my education. I will draw on my experiences of the two studying 

types — on-site and remote learning — to compare the benefits of each approach, including the 

particular suitability of translation studies to distance learning. 

Alexandra Krause 

Alexandra holds a teaching degree for secondary schools for French and Italian, a translation degree 

for Italian and French and a PhD Degree for Translation Studies. Her main focus is on translation didactics. 

Besides her translation courses at the Center for Translation Studies of the University of Vienna 

she also works as freelance translator and liaison interpreter for German, Italian and French. 

At the Forum she will be presenting TransCert — the Trans-European Voluntary Certification for Translators. 

Pilar Orero 

@HBB4ALL 

Pilar teaches at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), where she is the director of the European 

MA in Audiovisual Translation and leads numerous research projects funded by the Spanish and 

Catalan Governments. She took part in the working group at UN agency ITU 2011-2013 on Media 

accessibility and is now participating in the IRG-AVA — Intersector Rapporteur Group on Audiovisual 

Media Accessibility and the ITU-D MOOC on Media Accessibility course. 

Pilar is also leading the EU projects HBB4ALL (2013-2016) and KA2 ACT (2015-2018). 


Audiovisual translating possibilities and workflows through media convergence. 

In the last few years we have seen the emergence of a new technological paradigm called ‘Connected 

TV’, consisting of hybrid terminals capable of receiving and playing multimedia content from both a 

broadcast network (e.g. digital terrestrial television or satellite) and from the internet. This new 

paradigm reflects a more general convergence frame that integrates two traditionally different 

technological worlds: on the one hand, broadcasting and audiovisual content, and on the other hand, 

computers, IT devices and the internet. It is in this new audiovisual content distribution context that 

audiovisual translators will have to work. Accordingly, new translators will have to adapt to new 

workflows, working conditions and technology. 

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From junior entrepreneurs 

to full professionals, 

learning business by doing 

Mansholt room 

Workshop 

Moderator: RUDY TIRRY, President of EUATC 

Junior enterprises and other specialised course modules are used to teach business practices to 

students. Are they effective and do they give a realistic picture of the business life? 

Ana Loureiro, Joana Forbes 

Ana Loureiro holds a European Master’s in Translation and Linguistic Services — Specialised 

Translation from the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (an EMT Network member), 

focusing on Portuguese, English and French. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Languages 

— Translation Studies, from the same institution. In 2013 she was accepted as a trainee at the 

European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Translation, and has been a freelance translator since 

2011, specialising in EU politics and law, finance and marketing. Besides that, she has been a 

volunteer for Translators without Borders since 2014. She was the founder and co-organiser of the 

1st Subtitling Olympiads at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto in 2012. 

Joana Forbes has been a fully qualified solicitor and legal translator since 1998. In 2003, she 

completed a Master’s in Private Legal Science (specialising in tort and family law at the Catholic 

University of Portugal in Porto). In 2010, after working in the UK as an international legal consultant 

and freelance language trainer, she returned to Portugal and finished her Master’s in Translation and 

Linguistic Services at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. Besides her legal activity, since 

2012 she has also been an independent lecturer on Specialised Communication — Legal Translation 

at the same faculty, while also attending a PhD programme in Linguistic Sciences and doing research 

into the translation of international contracts. 

@jojoforbesy 


The goal of this project is to establish a junior enterprise which provides students with the chance to 

work in a real enterprise managed for and by young translators. This will give young translators the 

opportunity to establish themselves as professional translators, creating a network of contacts not 

only with clients but also with colleagues and entrepreneurs all over Europe, promoting cooperation 

between translation stakeholders — universities, language service providers, students and young 

translators. 

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Alice Carré 

Alice has a Master’s degree in multilingual specialised translation from the 

Université Stendhal Grenoble III (France). She is a former president of the ‘ATLAS’ junior company. She 

now teaches translation methodology to MA students, while preparing a thesis on translator training 

and working as a freelance translator. 


Not only do translation students have to learn how to translate, they also have to master the 

pragmatic, technological and relational skills required by translation service provision. Notably, the 

EMT reference framework for the competences applied to professional translation sets out an 

objective called the ‘translation service provision competence’, which comprises such skills as knowing 

how to negotiate tariffs and deadlines, clarify the requirements specification, plan and manage one’s 

time and work in a team. While practical trainings in an industry setting provide students with firsthand 

experience of professional translation, setting up translations bureaus in universities allows students 

to deal directly with real clients. 

We will portray ATLAS, a Junior Company run by MA translation students at the 

Université Stendhal Grenoble 3 (France) which exposes students to a non-sheltered working environment, 

and discuss how a student-run translation bureau can contribute to meeting EMT competence 

requirements. 

Johanna Isosävi, Leena Salmi 

Johanna Isosävi works as a University Lecturer in French Translation at the School of Languages 

and Translation Studies at the University of Turku. In her PhD thesis (2010), she studied French forms 

of address and their translation into Finnish. Her teaching work includes courses such as a Multilingual 

translation workshop, Translation of EU texts, Certified translation of official documents and Language 

and translation Technology. Her research interests focus on the process of post-editing and its 

teaching. 

Leena Salmi is Professor of Multilingual Translation Studies at the School of Languages and 

Translation Studies at the University of Turku. Her PhD thesis (2004) dealt with the usability of 

computer user documentation and she has lectured in topics such as translation technology, 

localisation and EU translation. Her current research interests concentrate on different aspects of the 

translator’s work: searching for background information as a part of the process, using translation 

technology and the amount of translated text in everyday life. Since 2003 Leena has also been 

involved in the Finnish system for certifying translators of official documents. 


Entrepreneurship and expertise in translator training: the ‘multilingual translation workshops’ 

We describe an example of how to develop professional expertise in translator training at the 

university. The ‘Multilingual translation workshop’ is a compulsory part of our Master’s level translator 

and interpreter training programme where students simulate setting up their own multilingual 

translation companies, accept translation jobs from teachers acting as clients and agree among 

themselves on the distribution of roles in the translation process for each project. 

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Benjamin Ruppin 

Benjamin graduated from Nantes University with a degree in Languages, Business and Translation. 

With already a few years of professional experience in Europe and the USA, he is about to complete 

his Master’s Degree in Translation, Localisation and Multilingual communication at the University of 

Rennes II and will soon start work as a freelance translator in the videogame industry. 


A professional, collaborative and European project: Tradutech, alias OTCT 

Tradutech is part of the Master’s Degree in Translation, Localisation and Multilingual communication 

at the University of Rennes II. The project takes place twice a year, with two sessions of one week 

each in December and March. Tradutech involves students playing the role of professionals working in 

translation agencies and teachers playing the role of their clients. During the week, students have to 

translate, edit, proofread, DTP and QA the documents sent by their ‘clients’, having first submitted 

and negotiated a business proposal. 

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Friday 30 October 9.30—10.00 

Brand yourself! 

Where a beginning linguist should start 

when creating a brand 



Valeria Aliperta 

@rainylondon 

Valeria has been a freelancer since 2006. She is a member and Head of External 

Relations of IAPTI and member of the Institute of Linguists, ASETRAD and 

TRADINFO. She obtained a BA in Translation from the University of Genoa and an MA 

in Conference Interpreting in Forlì. Valeria lives in the UK, where she founded Rainy 

London Translations, a business now in its seventh year of operation. She works from 

English, Spanish and French into her native Italian. Her main activity these days i 

nvolves creative text and interpreting all over Europe. Along with talks and webinars 

for associations and international conferences, she writes articles and guest posts. She 

has also just launched a new project, The Stylish Freelancer, a blog that talks style, 

productivity, business and freelancing life in general. 


Combined with the right communication strategies, online tools and talk, freelancers in the translation 

and interpreting industry can use branding to gain more visibility and enhance the profile of a skilled 

linguist online. In this presentation, I will give an insight and a few takeaways into starting your own 

branding process, explaining what is branding in general, focusing on why it is so relevant and how it 

works around us, why we should invest in it and how branding is not just a pretty logo but a tool for 

every freelancer in a modern world. 

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Training translators in a changing world (2) 


Workshop 

Moderator: MERIT-ENE ILJA, Director, DG Translation 

Graduation and gaining a foothold in the labour market are big steps for young 

professionals. How does translation training cope with the challenges the graduates are facing 

today? Is there something their future employers can do to help? 

Tatjana Gornostaja 

@GornostayT 

Tatjana is an experienced researcher, trainer and manager in terminology and translation with more 

than 10 years in the field. Her main job is as business development manager in terminology services 

at leading European language technology company Tilde, a post she has held since 2015. In addition, 

she is a translator trainer at the Baltic International Academy and a freelance English/Latvian-Russian 

translator. 


Cooperation between language industry companies and universities to train young translators. 

The case of Tilde. 

Cooperation between universities and language technology companies opens great opportunities for 

training future translators who are tech-savvy and tech-skilled. At the Forum we will share the good 

practice Tilde has established with universities across Europe – in Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Latvia 

and Estonia. 

Patricia Beták 

Patricia is head of the translator training programme at the Budapest University of Technology and 

Economics. A practising conference interpreter between Hungarian, French and Spanish, she also 

teaches courses on consecutive and conference interpreting and professional ethics. Her main training 

interests are talent support, student employability and teacher training/lifelong learning for faculty 

staff. Patricia is currently working on her PhD dissertation on 20th century French literature, while her 

specific field of research is psychological resilience. Patricia also publishes articles on public service 

and community interpreting and is a regular speaker and moderator at translation industry events. 

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T360° 

In October 2014 the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and the Hungarian Association 

of Professional Language Service Providers set out to create a brand new curriculum for the university’s 

translator and interpreter training centre. My talk focuses on a case study introducing the idea of 

market-university cooperation in translation training design, showing how different backgrounds and 

perspectives contribute to the creation of a novel and innovative translation training programme. 

Sarah Henter 

@HenterAsociados 

Sarah holds a Master’s degree in advanced linguistic studies, another in legal and administrative 

translation and has just finished a third master’s in digital marketing. She started a PhD, but dropped 

it when she realised that the rigid, old-fashioned infrastructures at university didn’t represent her 

values. She has been a teacher for over 10 years, working in secondary education, with private pupils 

and at university, teaching German to philology and translation students. Her current professional 

motivation is to help businesses and entrepreneurs to communicate in a European environment, giving 

them not only the language skills they need, but also practical advice and support in translation and 

their international communications. 


Gaps in the curricula of the degrees in translation 

With an estimated worth of $33.5 billion in 2012 and an estimated 42% growth between 2010 and 

2020, the translation industry is thriving. Both Inc. and Entrepreneur mention the translation industry 

in their lists of the most (economically) interesting industries in which to start a business. 

So how is it that young translators often struggle to find work as in-house linguists or establish themselves 

as freelancers, even though the demand for linguistic services is quite high in comparison with 

other industries? Why do so many complain that they don’t have enough clients or that they can’t 

make a living from the few jobs they get? 

Nicola Morea 

Nicola graduated in 2012 with honours with a dissertation on Gideon Toury’s laws of translation. He 

continued his studies with a Master’s Degree in Translation at the IULM University of Milan, where he 

graduated with honours in November 2014, writing his dissertation on Samuel Beckett’s selftranslations 

of his own novels. An article based on his research is scheduled to be published in the 

Italian translation journal Testo a Fronte at the end of 2015. 


A format for a Master's Degree in Translation – designed by a student 

My presentation proposes two master’s degrees in translation, designed to meet four specific requirements 

deriving from my experience in the translation industry. The aim of the project is to suggest 

some ideas that may further improve the academic training of future translators, while bearing in 

mind the demands of the market. 

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The role of translation for multilingualism 

Jenkins room 

Workshop 

Panagiotis Alevantis 

Panagiotis currently works as DG Translation’s representative in Athens, Greece. He holds a diploma in 

Physics and served as translator/interpreter at the Greek Army HQ and as editor for the Encyclopedia 

Papyros-Larousse-Britannica. Since 1984 he has been employed at the European Commission where, 

among other things, he introduced Greek and extended multilingualism into IT systems. He is regularly 

invited to speak at universities and public events about European topics related to ‘Citizen’s Europe’, 

civil protection and translation. 


I will present the conclusions of the Translating Europe Workshop ‘Foreign language teaching and 

translation’ which took place on October 2015 in Piraeus. The workshop explored the use of 

translation in teaching foreign languages and evaluating foreign language teaching at schools in 

Greece and Cyprus. 

Judit Sereg 

@seregjudit 

Judit holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Media Studies and a Master of Arts 

Degree in Translation and Interpreting. Since 2010 she has been a freelance audiovisual translator 

working for Hungarian dubbing studios translating from English and French into Hungarian for 

dubbing and voice-over for television. In 2013 she started a PhD in Translation Studies at the same 

university, her future thesis focusing on the past and present role of dubbing and voice-over in 

Hungarian television. 


Audiovisual translation in Hungary – past, present, future and pedagogical aspects 

In Hungary 300 000 hours of audiovisual material are translated every year for dubbing (and voiceover) 

purposes, while the time spent watching television is on average five hours per day. Although 

Hungarian is seen as a small language in the European Union, preserving the diversity of the language 

has always been of great importance for Hungarian society. The presentation highlights how audiovisual 

translation can safeguard smaller languages, how changes in the industry leave their mark on the 

products and what can be done in universities to prepare students for this market. 

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Zoe Moores 

@Zoe_Moores 

Zoe studied Classics and Modern Languages at Oxford before completing an MA in Linguistics at the 

University of Manchester, where she focused on the bilingual mental lexicon. Following that, she 

taught in both England and Japan before enrolling on the MA in Audiovisual Translation at Roehampton 

in 2013. 

In April 2014 she began work as an accessibility subtitler at Red Bee Media, now part of Ericsson, 

creating both live and pre-recorded subtitles through ‘respeaking’. 

She has just begun her PhD research project into the provision of accurate subtitles at live events and 

how this can increase accessibility. 


Respeaking – A New Addition to the Translation Family 

Respeaking is the process of using speech recognition software to produce subtitles in real time for 

live television programmes. It commonly falls within the realm of intralingual audiovisual translation, 

although interlingual subtitles can also be produced. 

In this presentation I will highlight the similarities that exist between the roles of the respeaker and 

translator/interpreter and key skills that should be developed in training, especially as the industry 

evolves. Common respeaking errors will be examined and strategies that the respeaker can use to 

improve accuracy will be considered. 

Konrad Fuhrmann 

Konrad is currently Policy Officer at DG Education and Culture of the European Commission. 


Switching languages: basic skill or secret art? 

I shall invite the audience to discuss the repercussions of current and future developments 

(demographic movements, refugees, student mobility and technological advances) on the need for 

language education for specialist linguists, on the one hand, and for the rest of the population on the 

other. In a society where smartphones can instantly translate your sentences, where street signs and 

menus can be read in your language by augmented reality applications, where Skype translates your 

conversations and Google the subtitles of your favourite series, what is left to learn, language wise, 

for the common citizen? And based on this, how should schools in Europe develop proper language 

teaching and learning strategies and curricula for the future? 

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A ‘travel kit’ for the journey to 

professional translator 

Mansholt room 

Workshop 



The Mind-Set for Success 

How to Become an Innovative Visionary Leader 

Success has a mind-set. 

The Mind-Set for Success Master-Class is designed to create a strong and empowering mind-set that 

will enable the participants to take massive action towards achieving their vision of success. It will 

provide them with practical tools that they can start implementing in order to build up their confidence, 

motivate them and give them focus, clarity and direction. 

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A translator’s palette of skills 

for the XXIst Century 


Workshop 

Carmen Ardelean 

@karenar65 

Carmen is Associate Professor of English and Communication and Director of the Research Centre for 

Specialised Translation and Intercultural Communication at the Technical University of Civil Engineering 

(UTCB) in Bucharest, Romania. She has a PhD in Aesthetics and in the last ten years she specialised 

in Translation Studies. She is also a freelance translator and author of several books about 

translation and Anglophone culture. 


Enhancing risk awareness and management during the translator training cycle 

In spite of the growing awareness of the importance of risk management in Translation, most universities 

are still reticent about including risk management courses in their curricula. This presentation 

will focus on the main approaches taken by our course with the aim of combining theory with practice 

and on the relevance of a long-term relationship with representatives of the industry. 

Miguel Sevener Canals 

Winner of the 2014 EMT Stars Contest organised by the European Masters in Translation Network and 

GALA industry association. Miguel is a biology graduate with a passion for languages and experience 

in the translation and localisation industry. He was given an extraordinary award for academic 

achievements for his Master’s in Intercultural Communication, Public Service Interpreting and Translation 

at the University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH), Spain. With experience in international organisations 

(the Panamerican Health Organisation in Washington DC) and the localisation industry (BeatBabel in 

San Diego, California), Miguel is now working as a freelance translator in Spain and collaborates extensively 

with his university, giving presentations and lectures. 


Preparing the future generation of translators for the industry we want (not the industry 

we have) 

The ‘skills gap’ has become an overarching topic and seems always to have a place of honour among 

the most important issues being discussed in every translation conference in the world. However, this 

discussion is not reaching universities and certainly not their students. Their belief in higher education 

is stronger than the suspicion that they are not ready for the job market. 

In this workshop, I will try to make the case that students mustn’t be trained for the industry we have, 

but for the industry we want; we will discuss the best opportunity we have to shape the industry and 

market to conform to our core values as the future generation of intercultural and linguistic professionals. 

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Caroline Lehr 

@CarolinLehr 

Caroline holds a PhD in Translation Studies and Affective Sciences from the University of Geneva, 

where she has worked as a teaching and research assistant at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting 

and at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences. Currently she is a postdoctoral researcher in 

the Department of International Business Communication at Copenhagen Business School. Her research 

focuses on the psychological aspects of translation performance, including emotion, motivation, 

personality and human behaviour in organisations and the workplace. Caroline also works as a 

freelance translator and has completed internships with organisation such as the Directorate-General 

for Translation and the Language Services of the Swiss Federal Chancellery. 


Emotional intelligence skills as a key to enhance translators' employability and performance. 

An individual’s emotional intelligence defines skills that are essential in professional success and employability, 

such as self-motivation, stress regulation, adaptation to changing work environments and 

the management of relations with clients and other team members. In recent years, emotional intelligence 

is therefore increasingly considered to be important for human performance and behavior in 

organizational settings. However, although emotional intelligence may essentially contribute to enhance 

translators’ job performance and therefore deserves special attention in their training and 

workplace, to date, it is only rarely explicitly addressed by the translation community. I will introduce 

the concept of emotional intelligence and I will outline training activities that are tailored to the needs 

of translators and their work. 

Anne-Charlotte Perrigaud 

Anne-Charlotte Perrigaud is a translation industry professional with over 10 years of experience in all 

aspects of the language industry both in-house and as a freelance linguist. She’s offering Consulting 

& Training services for Professionals in the Language Industry, specialising in Data Security Breaches 

and Solutions for Linguists. Being a long-standing Member of SFT (French Society of Transtator) and 

an IAPTI (International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters) member, she follows 

their Codes of Good Practices. She also complies with EN15035 standards and has a solid trackrecord 

of high-level performance, serving demanding clients in need of a premium language solution 

in the Business and IT Fields. She holds a BA in English Studies from the prestigious Paris IV- Sorbonne 

University, & an MA in Translation Studies awarded by an Institute belonging to one of the topranking 

UK universities, the University of London. She's recently presented sessions in various language 

industry events in Major European cities, including Barcelona, Paris, London, Budapest, Warsaw, 

Porto, Biarritz & Rennes. 


The importance of being IT security literate. Trivial skills for serious translators in the 

XXIst century. 

In this presentation I will explain why training translation students in basic IT Security skills is an essential 

asset in any translation curriculum as a means to prepare young people to run better 

translation consultancies in the cyber world. After briefly covering what IT Security is and why we 

need it in general, I’ll explain how this essential skill fits in the language industry. Then I’ll give hints 

and ideas on how to get started, as trainers, as freelancers and/or as project managers and/or endclients. 

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Revision & terminology 

Mansholt room 

Workshop 

Moderators: 

EYVOR FOGARTY—FIT Europe (Professional Development), LIND board 

MAEVE OLOHAN—Senior lecturer in translation studies, University of Manchester, 

Mathieu Van Obberghen 

A young Belgian student, Mathieu was recently involved in terminological research on neologisms in 

EU discourse. He holds a BA in Applied Linguistics from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), where he 

graduated with a thesis about ‘Terminological research on European neologisms: a case of primary or 

secondary term formation? Case study: neologisms in EU texts about innovation’. He is currently enrolled 

in a Master’s degree in Interpreting at the same university. 


Terminological research on European neologisms: a case of primary or secondary term formation? 

In my research I have traced and analysed several neologisms found in EU legislation in the field of 

innovation and energy. The main objective of the research was to try to find out how these neologisms 

are being created, either through primary or secondary term formation. Some tentative conclusions 

were formulated, the most important being a possible correlation between the text type 

(regulation, directive, treaty, etc.) and particular styles of term formation. 

Annina Meyer 

Annina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Translation and a Master’s degree in Specialized Translation from 

the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED) at the School of Applied Linguistics of Zurich 

University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland. She was involved in two IUED research projects 

and has started to build up her career as a freelance translator and proofreader. Her main working 

languages are English, French and German, with additional knowledge in Italian and Swedish. 


This talk presents the framework and the results of a research project that was part of a Master’s 

thesis on the development of self-revision practices among translation students (and later graduates) 

over a period of four years. The thesis showed that translation students became increasingly more 

competent translators over time — a fact which was also visible in their changing approach to revising 

their own translations during the translation process. This talk will then go beyond the thesis proper to 

outline possible implications for translator education. 

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Ayla Rigouts Terryn 

Ayla graduated as a translator (Dutch, French, German and English) from the University of Antwerp in 

2014. After graduating, she spent one year working on a research project about translation revision 

competence. She is currently a PhD researcher at the University of Ghent, revisiting the subject of her 

Master’s thesis: automated terminology extraction. 


‘Towards a model for translation revision competence’ is a one-year pilot study that aims to 

start the validation of a translation revision competence model developed at the University of Antwerp 

by I. Robert, J. Ureel and A. Remael. Testing the revision skills of Master’s students before and 

after a course on revision gave us a better insight into the different sub-competences of the translation 

revision competence (TRC). Questionnaires and revision tasks tracked using key-logging software 

were used to test several hypotheses about any additional sub-competences translators may need to 

be good revisers. These results will be used in the future for a more elaborate study to validate an 

empirically tested TRC model. 

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