Top 10 Upcoming Translations Events in Europe – September and October 2016

If you want to network with fellow translators and learn more about the translation industry, it might be a good idea to attend one of these events happening throughout Europe in the last few months of 2016.

3rd-4th September – Stockholm, Sweden

Proz.com international conference: A noble profession: The human face of translation

A conference regarding the “human” side of the noble profession of translation and how to best incorporate and adapt technologies to individual goals and practices.

2. Friday 9 and Saturday 10 September 2016 – Trento, Italy

School of Advanced Technologies for Translators

The school will teach on the first day the basics of state-of-the-art machine translation technology,  as well as the relevant aspects related to its application to post-editing, from the educational, professional and industrial perspectives.

On the second day, participants will be able to attend a certification course of the MateCat tool.

3. 15th – 17th September – Aarhus, Denmark

EST Congres 2016 – Translation Studies: Moving Boundaries

The 8th annual European Society for Translation Studies conference will focus on the moving boundaries of translation (studies) as regards disciplinary, methodological, conceptual, professional and geographical aspects.

4. 30th September – The British Library

International Translation Day

International Translation Day is an opportunity for translators, students, publishers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers and reviewers to gather and network and debate significant issues and developments within the sector, discuss challenges and celebrate success.

5. 10th – 11th October – Barcelona, Spain

2nd International T3L Conference

This event is in conjunction with the 9th International Congress on Translation, with the theme “Translators and Machine Translation”.

6. 17th-18th October – London, United Kingdom

ICIT 2016 : 18th International Conference on Interpreting and Translation

This event aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Interpreting and Translation.

7. 27th – 28th October – Brussels, Belgium

Translating Europe Forum

This year the #TranslatingEurope Forum will focus on translation tools and technologies.

8. 2nd – 4th November – Berlin, Germany

Languages & the Media

This event focuses on amateur translation processes and the mainstream adoption of technologies which raise a whole raft of accessibility, legal, quality and usability implications.

9. 11th November – Salamanca, Spain

Specialisation in translator training and continuing professional development: challenges and choices

A diverse and in-depth event perfect for those starting out in the translation industry or wanting to improve their business.

10. 14th – 15th November – Luxembourg

European Terminology Summit 2016

The summit will be composed around eight sections of different subjects which summarise the themes of the earlier summits.