The 4 winners of the 2026 ‘Your thesis in 3 minutes’ contest for European Master’s in Translation students. Clockwise from top left: Chloë Strimelle, Noa Warren, Manjinder Thind and Émilie Leclercq.
The winners of the 'Your thesis in 3 minutes' contest for European Master's in Translation students have been announced.
Students were challenged to present their master's thesis in just 3 minutes, as a video or podcast. After a competitive selection process, 10 finalists went head-to-head in a live online final on 7 May 2026, hosted on the Knowledge Centre on Translation and Interpretation (KCTI). They presented their research to a jury of experts from academia, EU institutions and the language industry.
The 4 winners are:
- Chloë Strimelle – Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Terminologie de la F1 : De la sécurité aux fondamentaux de la compétition - Noa Warren – Leiden University, Netherlands
The Reception of Translated Medical Texts by Health Professionals in the Netherlands - Émilie Leclercq – University of Liège
Effects of Translating a Multilingual Audiovisual Work: A Comparative Analysis of the French Versions of the Netflix Series 1899 - Manjinder Thind – University of Bologna, Italy
Exploring LLMs’ abilities to handle gender-neutral rephrasing and translation in German
They will be invited to Brussels to receive their award at the Translating Europe Forum in November.
Details
- Publication date
- 7 May 2026
- Author
- Directorate-General for Translation