optimale optimising professional translator training in a multilingual europe
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OPTIMALE
Optimising professional translator training in a multilingual Europe
OPTIMALE overview
• Optimale: an Erasmus academic network funded by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture.
• 65 EU partners + 5 « Third country » partners.
• 31 countries involved in the project.
• In close partnership with the European Master’s in Translation (EMT) network.
OPTIMALE objectives
• OPTIMALE aims to act as a vehicle and stimulus for innovation and high quality in the training of professional translators.
• Optimale will:1- Produce an extensive map of ongoing translator training
programmes in European Higher Education institutions.
2- Monitor market needs and professional requirements relevant to translator education and training.
3- Translate new professional competences into learning outcomes.
4- Implement training of trainer sessions.
OPTIMALE timeline Year 1 Year 2
Annual Conference
12/2011
Evaluation report
02/2012
Annual Conference
06/2013
Final report
09/2013
Year 3
WP1- Project management
WP2- Project 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
Project website
02/2011
Launch meeting
01/2011
10/2
010
10/2
011
10/2
012
OPTIMALE: Year 1
Project web site
Steering committee meeting
WP3- Programme fact sheets
WP4- Research on market and societal trends
WP4- Monitoring market and societal needs and professional requirements relevant to translator training
WP3- Mapping translator training
WP1- Project management
WP2- Project dissemination
WP7- Evaluation- Quality Plan
Launch meeting WP4- Joint workshops
10/2010 09/201111/2010 12/2010 01/2011 02/2011 03/2011 04/2011 05/2011 06/2011 07/2011 08/2011
Steering committee meeting
Steering committee meeting
OPTIMALE: Year 210/2011 09/2012
Annual ConferenceSteering committee meeting
WP3- Research and training of trainers report
Steering committee meeting
WP5- Synthesis reports
WP5- Case studies- good practice
WP4- Joint workshops
WP7- Evaluation- Quality Plan
WP1- Project management
WP2- Project dissemination
WP4- last
month
WP5- Training for professional practice
WP6- Training of trainers
11/2011 02/2012 03/2012 04/2012 05/2012 06/2012 07/2012 08/201212/2011 01/2012
WP5- WorkshopsEvaluation report
WP3- Interactive Map
WP6- Training of trainers sessions
OPTIMALE: Year 3
WP1- Project management
WP2- Project dissemination
WP5- Training for professional practice
WP6- Training of trainers
WP7- Evaluation- Quality Plan
10/2012 09/2013
WP5- Reference frameworkAnnual Conference
WP5- Resources materialsWP6- Training of trainer resources
Steering committee meeting
Steering committee meeting
02/2013 03/2013 04/2013 05/2013 06/2013 07/2013 08/201311/2012 12/2012 01/2013
Final report
WP5- Workshops
WP6- Training of trainers sessions
OPTIMALE’s Organisation
• Optimale consists of 7 Workpackages:
• 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
Focus on WP1: project management
Workpackage leader
Duration Deliverables Delivery date Comments
P1- Rennes 2 36 months
Project Management and Dissemination
30/09/2013
Steering committee meetings
10/2010-12/2010-06/2011-12/2011-06/2012-12/2012-04/2013
Launch meeting 01/2011On January 29th, Brussels
Project web site 02/2011
Focus on WP2: project dissemination
Workpackage leader
Duration Deliverables Delivery date
Comments
P18- University of Ljubliana
36 months
Annual Conference Year 2
12/2011 In Brussels
Annual Conference Year 3
06/2013 In Brussels
Focus on WP3: Mapping translator training
Workpackage leader
Duration Sub-WP leader
Deliverables Delivery date Comments
P1-
Rennes 26 months
P1-
Rennes 2Interactive Map 10/2011
P9- Swansea University
Programme fact sheets
06/2011
P61- University of Grenada
Research and training of trainers report
12/2011
Focus on WP4: Monitoring market andsocietal needs and professional
requirements relevant to translator training
Workpackage leader
Duration Deliverables Delivery date Comments
P17- University of Alcala de Henares
12 months
Research on
market and
societal trends
06/2011
Joint workshops
09-10/2011
UK/ France/ Belgium/ Italy/ Austria/ Lithuania/ Spain/ Romania
Focus on WP5: Training for professional practice
WP leader
Duration Sub-WP leader
Sub-Workpackage
Deliverables Delivery date
Comments
P3- Babes-Bolyai University
20 months
P23- University of Vienna
Training for professional practice: new tools and technologies
Synthesis reports
06/2012 WP5.1: Workshop in Vienna
P2- Aston University
Training for professional practice: domain specialization
Case studies – good practice
06/2012 WP5.2: Workshop in Salamanca
P10- Universidad de Salamanca
Training for professional practice: professionally-oriented practices
Recommenda
-tions for good practice
12/2012 WP5.3: Workshop in Aston
P3- Babes-Bolyai University
Training for professional practice: quality assurance
Workshops 12/2011 -
06/2013
WP5.4: Workshop in Cluj-Napoca
Resource materials
12/2012
Focus on WP6: Training of trainers
Workpackage leader
Duration Deliverables Delivery date Comments
P6-
Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci
20 months
Training of trainers sessions
12/2102 Organized in Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Belgium
Training of trainers resources
06/2013
Focus on WP7: Evaluation-Quality Plan
Workpackage leader
Duration Deliverables Delivery date Comments
P1- Rennes 2 36 monthsEvaluation reports
02/2012 -
09/2013