European Society for Translation Studies

European Society for Translation Studies

Promoting research on translation and interpreting

Founded in Vienna in 1992, the Society now has members in more than 46 countries. It functions as a network for research, a forum for exchange, and a center for research resources.

What’s new?

Translation Prize: deadline approaching

The EST Translation Prize (EUR 2,000) is awarded every second year to EST memers for the most deserving project to translate key texts in Translation Studies (including research on interpreting and localization). The deadline for this round is 1 October…

Petition against declared redundancies in T&I – University of Birmingham

Five colleagues teaching in the MA in Translation Studies and English Chinese Interpreting at the University of Birmingham request your support by signing a petition against compulsory redundancies.  The petition is available here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-redundancies-at-the-university-of-birmingham This is a longer statement about…

Summer School Scholarship 2026 – congratulations!

Fuqiang ZHAO, a member of EST since January 2025, is grateful to have been awarded the EST Summer School Scholarship to support his participation in the 37th CETRA Research Summer School in Translation Studies, organised by the Centre for Translation…

Save Translation Studies at Charles University!

The Institute of Translation Studies at Charles University has a long history but is now at risk of closure. The EST Board supports the efforts to save Translation Studies as a separate discipline at Charles University and encourages everyone of…

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EST NEWSLETTER’S EMERGING VOICES COLUMN

The Editors of the EST Newsletter would like to invite PhD students and recent PhD graduates who are EST members in good standing to contribute to the Emerging Voices column of the Newsletter. The goal of this column is to…