Translators must aim to be consultants working at the highest level. In Fotis’s vision, translators & interpreters are master advisors who scope high-level solutions and pull them off through powerful, advanced teamwork. On a tactical level, Fotis has carved out a unique niche combining translation with career counselling in the Healthcare industry. Strategically, he has walked the walk as president of PEM, the Panhellenic Association of Translators, since 2016. Turning around your ship is possible. Still, nothing beats picking the right course first time around.

Georgios Floros is Associate Professor of Translation Studies at the Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus, where he teaches various courses on translation theory and methodology, and text linguistics. His research interests include culture and translation, translation and politics, translation ethics, secondary term formation and text linguistics. He is the author of two books and several articles in international refereed journals and co-editor of a book on Translation in Language Teaching and Assessment (CSP, 2013). He has led and/or participated in three major EU-funded research projects.

Dimitris, aka the Whizzkid, is just that: a gifted 21-year old Translation student at the Ionian University and an expert webmaster who can excel at anything he undertakes. Keep an eye on him: with his killer combination of linguistic dexterity, tech savviness and mental toughness, he has a very bright future ahead!

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Have your digital growth myth busted. Theo, the programme’s Digital Master and a notorious growth hacker, will rock you and your clients’ growth and will make it seem like a piece of cake. At least this is what we thought when he shared his insights with us after attending Facebook’s Developer Conference to which he was invited [wow]. But don’t be intimidated, he is only human.

Have you ever dreamt of having a mentor who could answer just any question you might have about translation and marketing? We bet you have! Andrea, aka the WiseGuy, has been solving translation puzzles for many, many years and he will unveil the mysteries of SEO marketing to you. Top trait: his patience! His yoga and meditation practicing makes him a zen instructor.

What do you think it takes to be an uber-freelancer? Have you ever seriously thought about it? If you haven’t or don’t know the answer, Andrew Morris, aka the MindSetter, sets out to explore what it is that makes certain translators thrive, above and beyond the quality of their work.

Maria, aka the SuperConnector, is the woman with the magic wand that makes everything fall into place and connect in a miraculous way. She is the soul of DiMeTra Academy and living proof that an uber translator is not an urban legend! Can't wait to meet her, eh? We can't blame you!

Have you ever met a university lecturer in translation who follows closely the market trends, while talking at various conferences on a variety of topics across the globe, marking exam papers and supervising dissertations at the same time? Meet Vilelmini, aka the WonderWoman, the epitome of multitasking; hey, she is one of us, our superpower being translation.

Ioannis Karras is the suave interculturalist, the go-to-expert for all things intercultural, the one who connects the dots across borders and across cultures. He is going to masterfully guide you through the rambling but marvellous world of global communication which is sine qua non for the modern business. Just look at him! You can tell he's a master connector.

Hypertext Markup Language. Does that sound tough? Fear not, Costas, aka the MT Data Charmer, is going to guide you through it! If the names IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, HP and SDL sound familiar to you, you have just seen some of his clients. If you are an SDL user, you may be actually using one of the apps he has developed for them.