Developing Innovative eContent Localisation Training Opportunities for Trainers and Teachers in Professional Translation

To develop and test innovative training opportunities for trainers and teachers in the field of professional translation.
To improve translator trainers' ICT skills in general and their eContent localisation skills in particular.
To support the integration of localisation technology into traditional translation classes.

eCoLoTrain will provide a set of original materials ranging from methodological and pedagogical guidelines to concrete course materials.
The materials consist of online courses about ICT skills, terminology management, translation memory, project management and localisation.

Trainers in all translation-related sectors, i.e., academe, professional associations and industry, in as many of the 25 EC Member States as possible, as well as in the Candidate Countries.
Teachers of traditional translation courses who will integrate Computer Aided Translation Tools (CAT-Tools) and Project Management Tools (PM-Tools) in their translation classes under various teaching scenarios.
Teachers of CAT and PM tools who will train these translation teachers.
Trainers and teachers in the growing field of community languages translation.