Press Release: Commission launches cooperation with universities in translator training

On 19 and 20 October 2006, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) will host in Brussels its first ever conference with universities offering a translation curriculum. Experts from all EU Member States plus Bulgaria and Romania, representing around 70 higher education institutes involved in translation teaching, as well as international organisations (UN, NATO, OECD among others) and professional associations, have been invited to the conference "Towards a European Master’s in Translation (EMT)". They will discuss the development of translator training in the EU. The conference will be a first step towards a standard curriculum for a Master's degree in translation within the EU. This is also one of the actions put forward in the Commission Communication on Multilingualism which are aimed at promoting multilingualism in the EU.