Many people may think that they just have to press the button on their remote control and then subtitles appear on their screen miraculously. Or they think that it’s completely normal that cowboys in films are perfectly speaking their language. They are not aware of the enormous work behind. So let us have a look at the backstage with AVT-specialist Emilia Perez.

Many people may think that they just have to press the button on their remote control and then subtitles appear on their screen miraculously. Or they think that it’s completely normal that cowboys in films are perfectly speaking their language. They are not aware of the enormous work behind. So let’s have a look at the backstage with AVT-specialist Emilia Perez. Those who want to know more about this interesting topic can still register for a summer school on the topic this Friday 4 June. You can also read the relevant article in an openly accessible manual, written by Emilia Perez.

After the end of the pandemic, the badly damaged European economy has to be rebuilt like after a war. Therefore, an enormous financial package, the Euope Recovery Fund has been adopted. Jorge Valero will explain its true nature. He will answer the questions, if it is a good thing, what is its state of implementation and what challenges are ahead. How Europe will look like after the recovery?

Accessible language – easy, plain language and other variants - is a growing new domain of translation, with interesting job perspectives for translators already now. Professor Christiane Maaß from Hildesheim University, founder of the New Research Centre on Easy Language, is an eminent specialist for accessible language in Germany. Among many other publications, she has written a book on the manual with the full title:
“Easy Language – Plain Language – Easy Language Plus. Balancing comprehensibility and acceptability”
This publication is available online for free. We will deliver the link together with other links to openly accessible books on the subject.

Accessible language – easy, plain language and other variants - is a growing new domain of translation, with interesting job perspectives for translators already now. Professor Christiane Maaß from Hildesheim University, founder of the New Research Centre on Easy Language, is an eminent specialist for accessible language in Germany. Among many other publications, she has written a book on the manual with the full title:
“Easy Language – Plain Language – Easy Language Plus. Balancing comprehensibility and acceptability”
This publication is available online for free. We will deliver the link together with other links to openly accessible books on the subject.

Hélas, Catherine Vieilledent-Montfort nous quitte pour partir à sa retraite bien méritée. Ce fait bien triste pour nous nous donne l'occasion jeter un regard en arrière sur 5 ans de Radio DGT. Pour cette émission nous avons retrouvé aussi le père-fondateur de la radio, Sauro Orsini. Partez avec nous dans ce voyage à travers le temps!

2020 a été l’année de toutes les ruptures (Covid-19, Plan de relance, ressources propres, Brexit). Alain Lamassoure, plusieurs fois ministre en France et eurodéputé (1999-2019), commente et formule ses attentes pour la Conférence sur l’avenir de l’Europe qui doit démarrer le 9 mai 2021.

Once upon a time, Celtic languages were being spoken all over Europe from the British Islands till Anatolia, land of the Galatians (Greek name for the Celts), where Saint Paul addressed a letter to them. Today they eke out a marginal existence at the edges of Brittany, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. What are the features of these languages, their kinship and mutual intelligibility? Which policies eliminated them? How does the Celtic issue influence the Post-Brexit situation? Our colleague Diarmuid Johnson, who has written books on these topics, provides answers.

This is the current plight of the Visiting Translating Scheme. However, its general mission is not impossible at all: online VTS projects can bridge the Corona-time and prepare the ground for real visits. Let us listen to two colleagues who could not carry out their missions in 2020, but nevertheless kept in touch with their partners.

​Christos ELLINIDES, DDG Translation, explains what DGT's workrate is: a long term reference value to assess in-house capacity and resource needs, expressed as "page equivalent" including quality control. The rate remains stable, even during COVID, despite major production shocks in line with the legislative agenda. But "the center still holds".