International Workshop “Rethinking Translator and Translation Competences. Responding to Technological Developments”

WHEN: 3 November 2026, 09:00–14:00

WHERE: Old Building of Philosophy, Room 9, AUTh Campus

FORMAT: On-site & online Livestreaming

LANGUAGE: English

ORGANISED BY:

  • Laboratory of Translation and Natural Language Processing (EMEL), School of French, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Joint Postgraduate Studies programme “Conference Interpreting and Translation”
  • European Master’s in Translation Network (EMTNet)

PROGRAMME:

1ST SESSION

9:00-9:30, Opening session

09:30–10:00

Athanasios Maraslis, Director of Resources in DGT, “Micro-credentials: a flexible response to evolving skills demands”

10:00–10:30

Anna Kokkinidou, DGT Policy Officer, “EMT Competence Framework 2026: Leading the EMT network and translation education into the future”

10:30–11:00

Pilar Sánchez Gijón, EMT Board member, Autonomous University of Barcelona, “Before the First Word: Where Translators Are Needed Now”

11:00–11:30

Susana Valdez, EMT Board member, Leiden University, “From Competence to Social and Economic Responsibility: the Translator’s Expanding Role in Language Governance”

11:30–12:00, Coffee break

2ND SESSION

12:00–12:30

Łucja Biel, University of Warsaw, “From Translation Competence to AI Literacy and Digital Resilience: Preparing Language Professionals for an AI-Transformed Workplace”

12:30–13:00

Georgios Floros, University of Cyprus, “Ethics as a competence in translation education: What does this entail?”

13:00–13:30

Eleni Tziafa, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Compare, Evaluate, Decide: Teaching Translation Judgement in the Age of AI”

13:30–14:00

Aikaterini Doxoglou & Vasileia Karlioti, Master Students, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “Experimenting with AI in Terminology Management: Insights from an EMT Student Project”

14:00, Closing session

For more information: https://translatingeurope.frl.auth.gr/index.php/international-workshop#iw26-programme