The 4th edition of the European Commission’s Translating Europe Forum is taking place in Brussels on 6-7 November 2017, and this year focuses on translators skills and employability: New skills, new markets, new profiles.
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Annual report on EU translation
The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union recently published its “Highlights of the Year” for 2016.
The 40-page report includes key figures about activities – translation, revision, editing, subtitling, and term lists – as well as information about the Centre’s clients, inter-institutional cooperation, external outreach and communication. Continue reading
Report on European judicial systems
The 2016 edition of the report European Judicial Systems: Efficiency and Quality of Justice has just been published by the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ).
It evaluates the functioning of judicial systems in 45 Council of Europe Member States as well as in Israel, an observer state, and continues a process carried out since 2002, focusing on main indicators.
Traineeships with the European Commission 2017
Following my post last week about traineeships at the Court of Justice of the European Union, today I want to tell you about paid traineeships of 5 months with executive bodies and agencies of the European Commission, starting on either 1st March or 1st October.
Translating Europe Forum 2016, Brussels
The third edition of the Translating Europe Forum is taking place in Brussels on 27-28 October 2016.
Each year, the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission organises one or two days to gather translation stakeholders, discuss topics of common interest and stimulate cooperation across the EU and beyond.
2016 update – European Commission English Style Guide
Following last Friday’s post on the release of the EU translation memories, here is another very useful resource for you.
The Directorate-General for Translation at the European Commission has just released an updated version (eighth edition) of its English Style Guide.
Self-employment, entrepreneurship and social trends
In view of the fact that many readers of this blog – for example legal translators, lawyers working internationally, legal interpreters, or lawyer-linguists – are self-employed, I noted with interest a recent review published by the European Commission’s Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion entitled Employment and Social Developments in Europe. There are some very interesting findings on self-employment and entrepreneurship, including significant changes since 2000.
