Tag: European Union
Contract Interpreters Rally Over Lack of Support From EU
Contract interpreters rally in front of Parliament to draw attention to their dissatisfaction over EU’s offer of a “mitigating measure" as bookings vanished in light of Covid-19. Continue reading
Contract Interpreters ‘Puzzled’ and ‘Hurt’ by EU Offer
As institutional interpretation work vanishes, auxiliary conference interpreters call EU mitigation offer “unworthy of a public entity.” EU staff interpreters set up emergency solidarity fund. Continue reading
EU Delays New Medical Device Translation Requirements
LSPs and translators hopeful of a demand boost from EU Medical Devices Regulation (EU MDR) must wait a little longer as coronavirus delays application. Continue reading
Frontex Awards EUR 25m Interpreting Services Contract to Six Vendors
Six awardees in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK will provide interpreting and cultural expertise services to Frontex in over 35 languages in this multiple framework contract. Continue reading
European Union Looks for 50 Translators with ‘Perfect Knowledge’ of Irish
Ireland and the EU hope their support for Irish education and professional training will pay off with enough Irish translators to allow the EU’s Irish derogation status to expire in 2022. Continue reading
‘Translation Opens the Door to Various Worlds’ — Winners of 13th Juvenes Translatores Announced
European Commission announces 28 winners of 2019–2020 edition of annual competition that draws the best young translators from all over the EU. Continue reading
Young Interpreters Award 2020 Applicants Vie to Attend EU Conference, Workshop
European Commission’s Young Interpreters Award 2020 open to students currently in their last year of a master’s degree in conference interpreting. Deadline for entries is January 23, 2020. Continue reading
Reader Polls: December Business, Machine Translation, EU Translation RFPs, 2020 Outlook
How was December business for LSPs? What are the most-used MT services? Should the EU rethink its translation RFPs and tests? What’s the language industry outlook for 2020? Continue reading
Reader Polls: Rev Pay Cut, Shift to Hourly Rates, Edit Distance, Translation Regulations
LSPs moving toward hourly rates for linguists? Edit distance a viable metric long-term? Are regulations important to translation demand? Will Rev recover from bad press over transcriptionist pay cuts? Continue reading
Former Translation Head at EU’s Translation Centre Joins European Investment Bank
Thierry Fontenelle leaves EU Translation Centre (CdT) to join European Investment Bank (EIB) as Head of the Linguistic Services Division. Tamara Ferlusca replaces him. Continue reading
Deadline 2020: What LSPs Need to Know About the EU’s New Medical Device Regulation
Europe’s new medical device regulation requires that labeling, packaging, and other content be translated into the official language of each EU country where the device will be sold. Continue reading
Slator Job Index Climbs During Record-Breaking August 2019
Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, hits record levels in August 2019. Continue reading
Third Revolution in Language Is Upon Us and Will Impact Translators, Interpreters — EU
EU Institutions publish paper on language technologies and AI, as most EU translation departments now use NMT and provide machine translated output to their linguists. Continue reading
Slator Job Index Dips Slightly in June 2019 but Stays Above Baseline
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), which tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, drops slightly in June 2019. Continue reading
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