Language Services Industry

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

• continuously self-evaluate, update and develop competences and skills through personal strategies and collaborative learning and acknowledge the importance of lifelong learning (26 – Personal and Interpersonal); 
• monitor and take account of new societal and language industry demands, new market requirements and emerging job profiles (27 – Service Provision); 
• understand and implement the standards applicable to the provision of a language service (32 – Service Provision); 
• analyse and critically review language services and policies and suggest improvement strategies as an extension to their social and economic responsibility (36 – Service Provision). 

• critically synthesise and analyse, both in writing and orally, the main trends in the translation market based on reports published by various industry players, guest lectures and scientific publications; 
• collect and analyse data on developments in the language services industry, whether through interviews, focus groups or surveys, and record the analyses in a written report.