1. ELIA Exchange Report On the cooperation between ELIA companies and the academic world 2013 Anu Carnegie-Brown, STP Nordic

2. Cooperation with universities Questionnaire to ELIA LSPs in spring 2013 Invitation to an online questionnaire about their current cooperation with universities emailed to all ELIA members in May 2013 (150 at the time) 22 responded

3. Location Where in Europe is your company based, or mainly operating? 4 3 6 6 1 1 1 1 6

4. Years in business How many years has your company been in business? 8 6 61 1 7

5. Size of staff How many in-house employees do you have? 7 6 9 1 1 4 1

6. Talks at universities Have you visited universities to give talks (short, single visits)? 7 6 6 1 5 3 1

7. Teaching at universities Have you visited universities to teach a course or a workshop? (a recurring event or a single event of at least one day) 6 6 2 1 3 3 9 2

8. Offering internships Have you ever offered internships at your company? 5 6 5 1 3 3 6

9. Realised internships Have you ever actually taken interns? 5 6 5 1 2 4 6

10. Number of interns How many interns have you had, on average, per year? 4 6 4 1 3 6 2 1

11. Interns at any one time How many interns could you take at the same time? 6 1 3 6 12

12. Length of internship How long is a typical internship at your company? 6 2 66 1 3 3 7

13. Tasks in internships Translation? 6 5 2 17

14. Tasks in internships Revision / proofreading? 6 12 10

15. Tasks in internships Project Management? 6 12 10

16. Tasks in internships DTP? Office Administration? 20 2 19 3

17. Summary of tasks in internships

18. Training given to interns Company workflows and processes? 6 4 18

19. Training given to interns Microsoft Office? 6 16

20. Training given to interns Email/other communication e.g. Skype? 8 14

21. Training given to interns Telephone? 3 19

22. Training given to interns CAT tools? 2 20

23. Training given to interns Translation Management System? 10 12

24. Training given to interns Linguistic Guidelines? 5 17

25. Training given to interns Quality Management System? 12 10

26. Summary of training given to interns

27. Contract Agreement provided by university? 10 12

28. Objectives for cooperation What do you hope to gain from the ELIA Exchange cooperation? Better qualified translation graduates in the future Contacts with the academic world New freelancers New in-house staff NOT Short-term staff Resources for research projects More kudos with the academia rather than within the translation industry. 6 12 10

29. Contact details Anu Carnegie-Brown, STP Nordic acb@stpnordic.com www.stpnordic.com anu.carnegie-brown@elia-association.org www.elia-association.org