Christos Ellinides, Director-General for Translation at the European Commission is set to open the TEW, which will be the setting for the big reveal of the results of the 2025 European Language Industry Survey. The on-line TEW, which is free to attend, will take place on Tuesday, 18th March between 15:00 and 16:00 CET.
The survey, which opened its response portal at the beginning of January, will remain open until midnight on Friday, 31st January. Everyone who completes the questionnaire can register their interest in attending the TEW.
The survey has five strand pathways convering:
- LSCs
- Freelance professionals
- Language departments or language service buyers working in a public administration or private enterprise
- Training institute (teacher, manager or researcher in a higher education institute
- Students in a translation or interpreting-related training programme.
ELIS was originally initiated by European Union of Associations of Translation Companies (EUATC) and is now a joint initiative by international language industry associations and organisations. Apart from the EUATC, those participating are the European Language Industry Association (Elia), the European Master’s in Translation (EMT), the European Regional Centre of the International Federation of Translators (FIT Europe), the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), the European Commission’s Language Industry Platform (LIND) and Women in Localization (WiL).Survey participants will be able to pre-register for the event after submitting their responses to the survey.
To take part in the 2025 ELIS survey register interest in attending the TEW click HERE.
