Conference – Clear Writing for Europe

A conference is to be held over two days on 13 & 14 October 2021 entitled “Clear Writing for Europe”. It is aimed at:

  • raising awareness about the importance and benefits of clear writing and emphasising the need for clear and inclusive language
  • promoting cooperation, improving knowledge sharing and exchanging best practices.

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2021 Juvenes Translatores contest

The annual Juvenes Translatores translation contest, which started in 2007, is is aimed at highlighting the ever-growing need for translation and translators in Europe. Juvenes Translatores raises awareness of the importance of translation skills and the need to reassess translation – as a means of ‘mediating’ between languages – in the context of language learning. Continue reading →

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 →

Stop press – European Public Prosecutor’s Office

European flags in BrusselsThe European Commission is taking action to improve Union-wide prosecution of criminals who defraud EU taxpayers by establishing a European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Its exclusive task will be to investigate and prosecute and, where relevant, bring to judgement – in the Member States’ courts – crimes affecting the EU budget. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office will be an independent institution, subject to democratic oversight.

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Reporting from Brussels – Translation Studies Days, part 2

Following Part 1, this post will discuss the second of the five studies on translation and related matters recently published by the Directorate-General Translation of the European Commission, presented at the Translation Studies Days held in Brussels on 20 & 21 September 2012.

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