On June 2 and 3, 2025, the network meeting of EMT members took place at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw. Prof. Dr. Rösener traveled to Poland as a representative of Faculty 06 to take part in the event.
The topic of the first day was “Translating Poland”. Prof. Agnieszka Biernacka, head of the Institute of Applied Linguistics, acted as host. The program of the colloquium, opened by Prof. Sambor Grucza, led the guests through the history, language and culture of Poland and offered insights into audiovisual and literary translation, EU terminology and institutional translation. The lectures were held in Polish and interpreted into English and French by students.
On the second day, the network meeting was opened by Christos Ellinides, Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) and Chair of the EMT Board, under the theme “Empowering Translation with Technology and Training”. Academics, translators and EU representatives spoke about DGT's AI tools and their importance for universities, as well as the selection criteria of EU institutions when hiring translators and interpreters.
The successful and productive EMT Network Meeting 2025 sent its members home with the message to embrace change in the translation industry while preserving valuable traditions, respecting history as well as future developments and “leaving no language behind”.