ttekom annual conference 2024 Conference helpers wanted!
The annual conference will take place on November 11-13, 2024 at the ICS of Messe Stuttgart. As a conference helper, you will support the organization of the conference on site for one day and can participate in the other days free of charge. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to event@tekom.org by October 13, 2025 at the latest. Further information can be found here.
Publication of graduate survey: New professional and career paths for translators and interpreters How does a successful transition from studying to working life work? What career paths do FTSK Germersheim graduates take, and how do they rate their time at university in retrospect? These are the questions explored in the new career transition study, which focuses on the cohorts of graduates from Bachelor`s and Master`s degree courses between 2019 and 2024. Against the backdrop of rapid technological developments, current changes in the job profiles of translators and interpreters are examined. The study can be viewed at this link.
EMT Network Meeting 2025 in Warsaw On June 2 and 3, 2025, Prof. Dr. Rösener took part in the annual network meeting of the European Master`s in Translation (EMT) at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw as a representative of Faculty 06. The first day was entitled “Translating Poland” and offered insights into Polish culture and translation practice. On the second day, experts discussed current developments in AI tools, training and career entry in the language industry under the theme “Empowering Translation with Technology and Training”. The meeting underlined the importance of the exchange between science and practice in the EMT network.
CIUTI Short Video Contest 2025 The CIUTI video contest has started! Students can win cash prizes of up to €250 for creating a short video on The Power of Human Translation and Interpreting in the Age of AI. For further information on the conditions of participation, please click here.
Übersetzen im Wandel: Wie Technologisierung, Automatisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz das Übersetzen verändern This volume examines the extensive changes in the field of translation that are driven by modern technologies. It also provides a comprehensive overview of current trends and developments in the language industry and translator training. Specialist information is presented both from industry and academia as well as the technological challenges facing the translation profession today.CIUTI Kongress in Madrid 2025 Unter dem Thema „Language Mediation in Flux: Assessing the Impact of Generative AI” eröffnete die CIUTI-Konferenz am 20. und 21. Mai 2025 das Gespräch über Fragen und Herausforderungen bezüglich generativer Künstlicher Intelligenz, die der Übersetzungsbranche in den letzten Jahren begegnet sind und weiterhin begegnen. Bei der Verleihung des CIUTI MA Prize 2024, der herausragende Abschlussarbeiten honoriert, wurde u.a. die Abschlussarbeit von Francesca Lampe, einer Alumna vom FTSK Germersheim, mit einer besonderen Erwähnung gewürdigt. Weitere Informationen zum Kongress finden Sie hier.
Membership of the European Master's of Translation (EMT) network After a thorough review, the application submitted by the ASTT team was approved in June 2024. This means that the Master`s degree course in Translation at the Faculty 06 of Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies in Germersheim is an official member of the EMT network for the period 2024-2029.
WIPO-Pearl The ASTT and WIPO collaborated to create terminological entries for the WIPO Pearl database as part of a course. These entries were made available on September 27, 2023. Over 245,000 terms with 440 multilingual terminology entries and over 1,000 terms created by students from various universities and validated by WIPO-PCT language experts are now included in the updated version of the database.
DataLit The DataLit project, based at the Institute for Translation and Multilingual Communication (ITMK) at TH Köln, provides didactic resources for teaching data literacy in its machine translation-specific form of professional MT skills to students of translation/technical communication courses at BA and MA level. The aim is for students working with these resources to develop appropriate data and MT skills for their future careers, while becoming data literate citizens well equipped for the modern knowledge economy.
Membership of the European Master's of Translation (EMT) network After a thorough review, the application submitted by the ASTT team was approved in June 2024. This means that the Master`s degree course in Translation at the Faculty 06 of Translation, Linguistics and Cultural Studies in Germersheim is an official member of the EMT network for the period 2024-2029.STUDIES
eCoLoTrain-Projekt New version online now: eCoLoTrain offers online learning materials for teachers, students and professional translators in the field of translation and localization. The website has been transformed by students of ASTT and is therefore maintained.- Software at ASTT Information on the use of software for translators and technical writers (Across, Congree, memoQ, MemSource, SDL MultiTerm, Passolo, Trados Studio etc.)
Risikomanagement Hauptseminar: Zu Risiken und Nebenwirkungen...Qualitäts- und Risikomanagement für Übersetzungen- Softwarelokalisierung Übung: Wie werden Menüs, Dialogfenster, Warn- und Fehlermeldungen sowie die Online-Hilfe einer Software übersetzt?
Qualitätssicherung Übung: Korrekturlesen, Revision, Lektorat - Qualitätssicherung von Übersetzungen in der Praxis
JOGU-StINe Courses offered by the ASTT department in the winter semester 2018/2019: technical editing, risk management in translation, software localization, translation memory systems, terminology management etc.
Technische Redaktion und Dokumentation Hauptseminar: Technische Redaktion und Dokumentation aus der Perspektive von ÜbersetzerInnen und DolmetscherInnen- Grundlagen Übung: Recherche, Textgestaltung und Wissensaufbereitung - Ein Grundlagenkurs für Studienanfänger
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- EMT Network Meeting 2025 in Warsaw On June 2 and 3, 2025, Prof. Dr. Rösener took part in the annual network meeting of the European Master`s in Translation (EMT) at the Institute of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warsaw as a representative of Faculty 06. The first day was entitled “Translating Poland” and offered insights into Polish culture and translation practice. On the second day, experts discussed current developments in AI tools, training and career entry in the language industry under the theme “Empowering Translation with Technology and Training”. The meeting underlined the importance of the exchange between science and practice in the EMT network.
- Kick-off meeting of the new EMT members in Brussels In October 2024, the FTSK took part in the EMT kick-off meeting in Brussels and was officially accepted as a new member of the European quality network. During the two-day event on October 24 and 25, the strategic course was set for future cooperation between universities and the language industry. Workshops on EU projects such as Translating Europe and an open exchange with the Language Industry Expert Group (LIND) underlined the relevance of the network for the further development of translator training. Faculty 06 is delighted to have been awarded EMT membership and looks forward to playing an active role in shaping the European translation network.
FTSK represented at the 2025 JIAMCATT meeting in Geneva This year`s JIAMCATT meeting (International Annual Meeting on Computer-Assisted Translation and Terminology) took place in Geneva from April 7 to 9, 2025. The theme of the event was “Minds and Machines: Solving the Quality Puzzle” and was dedicated to current developments at the interface between human expertise and machine language technologies. In presentations, workshops and panel discussions, representatives from international organizations and universities discussed topics such as the influence of artificial intelligence on translation and interpreting, quality assurance and the use of large language models. Participation once again enabled the 06 department to engage in an intensive exchange with specialist colleagues and gain valuable insights into key future issues in computer-assisted language services. Further information can be found here.
Whereabouts Study Occupational Fields and Perspectives for Translators and Interpreters: A Study on the Whereabouts of Graduates of the FTSK Germersheim
Master-Arbeit Neue Ansätze in der Terminologiearbeit - Zum Einsatz von Wissensdatenbanken in der medizinizschen Fachübersetzung
Master-Arbeit Neuronal = Optimal ? - Eine Qualitätsstudie zu neuronalen maschinellen ÜbersetzungssystemenLECTURES ON CAREER ORIENTATION - IMPRESSIONS
In order to significantly support the career orientation for students of the Faculty 06 - Translation Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies, the department "General and Applied Linguistics/ Translation Technology (ASTT)" started hosting a lecture series in the summer semester of 2016. The lecture series specifically addresses requirements for students starting out in a career as well as career opportunities for the faculty’s graduates. Continue reading