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etetet wrote:i have another question: do most applicants for the translation traineeship have a background in translating? (academic—beyond fluency in languages—or professional)

No, I have never worked as a translator. I'm in the media sector. However, I have academical background as a bachelor and currently as a master's student.

Hi all!

Did anybody think about contacting the DGT to know the deadlines to select the translation trainees and whether our process differs from the administrative one?

i dont think they want us to do that, to be honest.

i feel like we re going to have to wait it out. but i do think they havent announced the brussels dgt selection, too.

I didn't contact them, I just wanted to know what you translators thought about that

Irruiz wrote:I didn't contact them, I just wanted to know what you translators thought about that

ahh, boo. good idea, u send dat email and let us all know.



anyway bye dudes, smell ya lata

Hi guys!
So I've been reading several topics and still haven't understood how all this process works
Do you know if they will send us an email to inform us we have not been selected? I'm asking because the European Parliament did so.
This is just to undestand if there is a chance they will contact us later in January or not.

VeCorrez wrote:Hi guys!
So I've been reading several topics and still haven't understood how all this process works
Do you know if they will send us an email to inform us we have not been selected? I'm asking because the European Parliament did so.
This is just to undestand if there is a chance they will contact us later in January or not.

RR

rachaelrosen wrote:

VeCorrez wrote:Hi guys!
So I've been reading several topics and still haven't understood how all this process works
Do you know if they will send us an email to inform us we have not been selected? I'm asking because the European Parliament did so.
This is just to undestand if there is a chance they will contact us later in January or not.

That is the eternal question, VeCorrez...

In the announcement of the results of the pre-selection (presuming we all received the same message), it states that "[s]elected candidates will be contacted by the DGT traineeship coordinator as soon as the selection is done [...]". It does not, however, state whether or not candidates who fail to be selected will be informed as such. I, for one, expect that candidates who have not been selected will simply be left hanging - call me bitter...

RR

I don't know if this can help but I read on a 2014 translator topic that they received the offers from mid January..so I think we only have to wait and see..

Hi everyone! Did someone receive an offer for a traineeship in Brussels ?
Thanks!

Hi everyone
Last year, I was also included in the Blue book but I did not make it to the final stage.
And yes, I can confirm that if not selected for the internship, we would receive a message stating that we haven't been selected !

Hope this helps.

Good luck

Marine92 wrote:Hi everyone
Last year, I was also included in the Blue book but I did not make it to the final stage.
And yes, I can confirm that if not selected for the internship, we would receive a message stating that we haven't been selected !

Hope this helps.

Good luck

Hello!

When have you recieved the answer regarding the non-selection?

I applied for the October session.
I think I received the message around the beginning of June.

Hi guys!
I saw on a topic from 2014 a document stating the number of applicants and the number of position available. It was uploaded on the European Commission website, however I can't find any similar to it. Have you got any idea where to look? It would be interesting to know how many people from our country applied

VeCorrez wrote:Hi guys!
I saw on a topic from 2014 a document stating the number of applicants and the number of position available. It was uploaded on the European Commission website, however I can't find any similar to it. Have you got any idea where to look? It would be interesting to know how many people from our country applied

I don't know if that helps but you can check the "Traineeship Statistics", that you can find at the bottom of the homepage.
It's not specific to translators though.
Also, I think each session, they select two trainees of each language.

Has anyone received an offer ?
Still nothing, I am losing hope

Marine92 wrote:

VeCorrez wrote:Hi guys!
I saw on a topic from 2014 a document stating the number of applicants and the number of position available. It was uploaded on the European Commission website, however I can't find any similar to it. Have you got any idea where to look? It would be interesting to know how many people from our country applied

I don't know if that helps but you can check the "Traineeship Statistics", that you can find at the bottom of the homepage.
It's not specific to translators though.
Also, I think each session, they select two trainees of each language.

Has anyone received an offer ?
Still nothing, I am losing hope

Hi Marine! I haven't received an offer either I wish we could know at least how many "possible" trainees have been selected for the Blue Book. I am Italian and I know that normally a lot of Italians apply for a the traineeship at EC. Anyway I guess next week is the last one for us to "still hope" to get an offer!Even if hope is the last to die!

Hi!

I haven't received anything yet. Do we receive an offer from the DGT before receiving the official offer? Or is it possible that we find out only when the people from the Traineeship Office contact us?

Irene

rachaelrosen wrote:

Hi guys,

I sent an e-mail before Christmas asking for clarification about when we would find out either way, but am yet to receive a reply. I'll let you know if they get back to me.

Anyone else attempted contact?

No I personally haven't. Has anyone received an offer yet?

VeCorrez wrote:

rachaelrosen wrote:

Hi guys,

I sent an e-mail before Christmas asking for clarification about when we would find out either way, but am yet to receive a reply. I'll let you know if they get back to me.

Anyone else attempted contact?

No I personally haven't. Has anyone received an offer yet?

Ciao Vecorrez! No offer yet either.. I tried sending and email but no answer yet

i mean it s only another ten days... i do think a bunch of us will get selected; it seems like the brussels translation selection is still fully bending.

good luck erryone!!

oh i like you. lets both get it and hang out, plzz

kthxbye

ps. where u from, gal?

Any news? This is taking way too long...

UGH I AGREE

getting antsy

I've been following this post for quite a while but now I need to be able to talk to someone who understands. This is taking for eeeeeeeeeeeveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer. Do you think they'll still call us? I can't believe we first applied on August and we're still stressin out about this.

I don't know if this can help but candidates from other DGs haven't received the official confirmation either. Only a few emails asking for their preference..I think the whole process isn't finished yet.

I know I've asked if they knew when we would get an answer and they sent me this:

Dear Candidate,

The selection of trainees by DGs and services is still on-going.
Please note that some DGs contact candidates, others do not.
While the Traineeships Office shall ensure the proper functioning of the entire selection process, the responsibility for the final selection of trainees lies on the DGs and services. The Traineeships Office only receives a list with the selected candidates and sends the placement offers.
The Traineeships Office is not informed of the contacts between DGs and candidates.
However when a candidate is offered a position by several DGs, the Traineeships Office may take part in the process and upon request of DGs, may contact directly the candidate for him/her to express
His/her choice as to the DG s/he prefers joining.

Notifications of the results of the final selection should be sent by the end of the month.
Therefore we invite you to be patient.

Best regards,

So I guess all we have to do is wait and see...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yop62wQH498

Did anybody receive anything?