Current research projects at the Centre for Translation Studies
The cutting-edge research projects at the Centre for Translation Studies address a plethora of topics including language resources, language technologies, accessibility, translation and research platforms.
DiÖ
German in Austria. Variation – Contact – Perception
Project duration: 2016-2020 (phase 1), 2020-2024 (phase 2)
Topic: German language use in Austria
Funding: FWF
Information: Forschungsplattform
Exil:Trans
Exil:Trans – Life and work of persecuted translators
Project duration: September 2019 – August 2022
Topic: Life and work of persecuted translators
Funding body: FWF, Joint Project
Information: Exil:Trans
PROSIMS
Teaching and Learning Multilingual Professional Writing
Project duration: 2014 - 2019
Topic: Writing in multilingual contexts
Funding: FWF (Elise Richter professorship)
Information: PROfessionelles Schreiben In Mehreren Sprachen
IamDiÖ
On everyone's mind and lips: German in Austria
Project duration: 2017-2019 (phase 1), 2020-2021 (phase 2)
Topic: German language use in Austria, citizen science
Funding: FWF
Information: IamDiÖ
Text2TCS
Extracting Terminological Concept Systems from Natural Language Text
Project duration: 2020-2021
Topic: Terminological concept systems, computational linguistics, machine learning
Funding: Pilot project of the European Language Grid
Information: Text2TCS