Translation, diversification and corporate communications

The multiple challenges presented by digitalisation, technologisation and globalisation are diversifying the roles and working contexts of language industry professionals. At the same time, language mediation is intersecting with other communication professions to create new interprofessional fields of work. A case in point is the interface between translation and international corporate communications, which has been the subject of a pilot study conducted in ZHAW’s School of Applied Linguistics. In the rapidly shifting landscapes of the language and communications professions, it is important to identify such fields – and address the educational needs and opportunities they generate