The 2025 Translating Europe Forum brought together over 70 speakers, who discussed quality in translation from various angles over 3 days.
And it’s not over yet! Join us for ‘Echoes of TEF’: a compact and insightful overview of the Forum highlights. Topics include clear language, AI bias, human creation value, multi-modal quality evaluation, and standards.
This will be followed by an engaging presentation on Creativity and Innovation in Translation by Marina Pantcheva from RWS. We will also announce the dates and theme for the 2026 Forum.
- translation | machine translation | multilingualism | language industry | language skills | artificial intelligence
- Tuesday 24 February 2026, 10:30 - 12:00 (CET)
- Online only
Programme
- 24 Feb 2026, 10:30 - 10:55 (CET)Highlights of the 2025 Translating Europe Forum
- Anna HOLMÉN (DG Translation)
An overview of the key topics discussed at the 2025 Translating Europe Forum, including translation quality standards, the impact of artificial intelligence, and the continued importance of human expertise and clear communication.
- 10:55 - 11:55 (CET)Creativity and innovation in translation
- Marina PANTCHEVA (Director of Linguistic AI Services, RWS)
Marina returns to the story of her daughter Emma, who is now growing into a young translator. Through Emma’s translation art and AI’s probabilistic word choices, Marina explores how creativity emerges in humans and machines alike. The talk takes us on a journey through humanity’s history of innovation, the mystery of AI, and the maths behind it (because there is always some). Marina reflects on change, the art of translation and the instinct to explore alternative ways of doing things.
- 11:55 - 12:00 (CET)2026 Translating Europe Forum
- Announcement of the dates and topic for this year’s Translating Europe Forum.
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 24 February 2026, 10:30 - 12:00 (CET)
- Where
- Online only
- Who should attend
- Translators and industry professionals, translation students and clear language champions and practitioners
- Languages
- English
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