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This workshop brings together professionals and academics to discuss recent developments in AI-based tools for Portuguese, and their impact on translation practices and training.

It showcases DG Translation’s work in this area, alongside academic perspectives on university-level training in Portuguese translation in this new age of AI-based tools, bridging theoretical insights with real-world experience.

The goal is to share information, provide a public forum for discussion and generate actionable insights and networking opportunities to advance the translation industry in Portugal.

Ways to attend

In-person – registration required
Online (remote connection) – registration required

language industry | translation | machine translation | multilingualism
Monday 29 September 2025, 14:00 - 18:00 (WEST)

Programme

29 Sep 2025, 14:00 - 14:15 (WEST)
Welcome address
- Manuel Silva (President of ISCAP); Jose Luis Vega (Head of the Portuguese Language Department - DG Translation/European Commission)
14:15 - 14:45 (WEST)
AI-based multilingual services by DGT – from secure machine translation and text analysis to the EU’s own large language model
- Kristiina Suviste (AI-based Services Advisory – DGT/European Commission)
14:45 - 15:15 (WEST)
Technological winds of change setting the course of translation practices: DGT’s case
- José Pedro Ferreira (Terminology and quality officer in the Portuguese language community - DGT/European Commission)
15:15 - 15:45 (WEST)
EVARISTO.AI: first open access Portuguese chatbot
- Nuno Marques (Faculty of Sciences – University of Lisbon)
15:45 - 29 Sep 2029, 16:15 (WEST)
Vozes do português: presentation and discussion of the results of the project
- Paula Almeida (ISCAP)
29 Sep 2025, 16:15 - 16:45 (WEST)
AI and technology-based change in translation training
- Célia Tavares and Carina Cerqueira (ISCAP)
16:45 - 17:15 (WEST)
Coffee break
17:15 - 17:45 (WEST)
Round table: impacts of AI in Portuguese translation practice and training
- Paula Almeida (ISCAP)
17:45 - 18:00 (WEST)
Annual translation competition of MTIE: delivery of prizes
18:00 (WEST)
Meeting of the Portuguese European Masters in Translation - EMT (closed session)