Name of the Project: LSTI - Legal Systems and Evolution of the Profession: translate and interprete in the diversity

Project Number: 2018-1-LV01-KA203-046965

Project Coordinator: Ventspils Augstskola (Latvia)

Type of Project: Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education

Project Lifetime: 1st of September 2018 until 31st of August 2021

Partners:

UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA DE CONSTRUCTII BUCURESTI (RO)

Universidad de Vigo (ES)

JIHOCESKA UNIVERZITA V CESKYCH BUDEJOVICICH (CZ)

Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Portugal)

PRESOVSKA UNIVERZITA V PRESOVE (SK)

UNIVERSITE DE BRETAGNE SUD (FR)

Aims and Objectives: The Project, seen as a new stage of the cooperation between partner universities, will focus on the profession of translator/interpreter demanding cross-cutting skills such as linguistics and cross-cultural knowledge, coping with multicultural environments, applying legislative norms, and using software tools. The Project will help promote the profession of translator/interpreter by integrating skills from different domains – linguistics, law, IT, economics, company management , and by exchanging good practices in cooperation with the companies hosting students’ internships. The novelty of the Project consists of its focus on the small languages.

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