Translation training trends, by specialists in the European Master's in Translation (EMT) network – insights on innovations, technology and employability after graduating.
Welcome to the EMT Blog
Here you will find a collection of articles written by professors, trainers, students and graduates from European Master's in Translation (EMT) programmes that form part of the EMT network, managed by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation (DGT).
The blog enables the sharing of insights, experience and innovations.
It raises awareness of and provides insight into today’s translation profession and that of the future.
You will also find guest contributions from language industry experts. The posts are written in one of the 24 official languages of the EU, along with a translation in English.
The topics discussed concern the translation profession as taught and practised today all over Europe.
Each blog post belongs to a specific category:
Activities of the EMT network: meetings, events and network collaborations.
Professional experience/employability: what kind(s) of professional experience is available and valuable for trainees? What happens to students once they have graduated?
Pedagogical initiatives: the different career paths that exist within today’s translation profession.
Translation technology: what tools work best in the language services sector and for student training?
Translation competences: what competences are required for the translation market? How are they taught?
Translation issues: discussion on translation strategies, choices, quality…
Latest EMT Blog articles
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3 December 2025 By Francesco Laurenti, Director of the International Center for Research on Collaborative Translation (IULM University), and Federica Villareale, Doctoral researcher at IULM University, Milan Languages: English, Italian |
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25 June 2025 By Marco Agnetta, Department of Translation Studies at the University of Innsbruck Languages: English, French, German |
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28 May 2025 By Georgette Fragaki and Eleni Paximadaki, Master students at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Languages: English, Greek |
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26 May 2025 Confidential? Not at all! Why does your translation tool secretly store your data? By Meryem Murat, student studying for a Masters in Applied Foreign Languages at Grenoble Alpes University Languages: English, French, German |
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26 May 2025 From data to discrimination: when words carry prejudice By Meryem Murat, Ambre Desforges and Raphaëlle Duhamel, students studying for a Masters in Applied Foreign Languages at Grenoble Alpes University Languages: English, French |