Erasmus+ BIP course: Repositioning Translation Studies and Translation Education in Contemporary Technological Contexts
BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) Course
Date: June 8-12, 2026
Place: Tallinn, Estonia
Place: Tallinn, Estonia
This was my first experience with the new-brand BIP courses funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme. These events bring together different academic participants (undergraduate students, PhD candidates, and staff) for short-term periods abroad. They are intensive learning and exchange experiences that combine on-site discussions with online conferences.
The BIP course organised by Tallinn University aimed to bring together researchers in Translation Studies and specialists in Translation Education to engage in a critical discussion of the challenges currently facing the field. The seminar addressed the following topics:
The BIP course organised by Tallinn University aimed to bring together researchers in Translation Studies and specialists in Translation Education to engage in a critical discussion of the challenges currently facing the field. The seminar addressed the following topics:
- The position of Translation Studies in current socio-technological realities;
- Translation awareness;
- Machine Translation (including AI-based translation) and Machine Translation literacy;
- Translation Education: insights, methods, and didactical approaches.
The organisers, Professors Triin Van Doorslaer and Mari Uusküla, have contributed a blog post to the University of Tallinn newsletter, including photographs from the event, which is available here.