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OPTIMALE Optimising professional translator training in a multilingual Europe

What is OPTIMALE ?
  • Optimale: an Erasmus academic network funded by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture (January 2011 – September 2013)
     
  • 65 EU partners + 5 « Third country » partners.
     
  • 31 countries involved in the project.


  • Aston is a partner of the OPTIMALE network, an Erasmus academic network funded by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture (October 2010 – September 2013) aimed at Optimising Professional Translator Training in a Multilingual Europe. To find out more Click here.
     
  • In close partnership with the European Master’s in Translation (EMT) network.


Objectives 

OPTIMALE aims to act as a vehicle and stimulus for innovation and high quality in the training of professional translators. 

Optimale will:

  • Produce an extensive map of ongoing translator training programmes in European Higher Education institutions.
  • Monitor market needs and professional requirements relevant to translator education and training.
     
  • Translate new professional competences into learning outcomes.
  • Implement training of trainer sessions.


Structure

Optimale consists of 7 Workpackages (WP): 

WP1: Project Management

WP2: Projet dissemination

WP3: Mapping translator training

WP4: Monitoring market and societal needs and professional requirements relevant to translator training

WP5: Training for professional practice

WP6: Training of trainers

WP7: Evaluation-quality plan

 

What is Aston’s role? 

Aston is responsible for a sub-workpackage on Training for professional practice: domain specialization as part of WP5. In this context, Aston will organise workshops and similar events in 2012. Professor Christina Schaeffner, Director of Translation Studies at Aston University, is a member of the OPTIMALE Steering Committee.

For more information please contact Professor Christina Schäffner