The Translation Business Project I Colloquium on Innovation in Modern Languages Education • June 2014 The Translation Business Project Harry Dooner Phoebe Whitehouse Dr Isabel Santafé
Translation Business Project 2014 December 2013 Call for participants 40 Final year Modern Languages students 5 translation agencies Russian German Italian Spanish French Roles Project manager Translator Reviser Proof-reader Main tasks Find source texts Translation brief Research translation business March 2014 Group presentations In front of a panel of experts Objectives: Team work Gain insight into professional practices Employability skills
Translation Business Project 2014 Events January 2014 Training sessions: CAT tools February 2014 Round Table with translators
Translation Business Project 2014 Group Presentations 19th March Panel of professional translators Translation businesses
Translation Business Project 2014
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