The International Association for Machine Translation (IAMT) has announced the awarding of its Award of Honour to Professor Mikel L. Forcada, one of the founders of the Transducens research group, now retired from the University of Alicante. This prestigious award recognizes Professor Forcada’s extensive and outstanding career in the field of machine translation, as well as his continued support to the scientific community in this field.

Mikel L. Forcada’s nomination received unanimous support from the organizations that comprise IAMT in America (AMTA), Europe (EAMT), and Asia (AAMT), all of which highly value his long-standing and distinguished contribution to machine translation.

The award will be formally presented at the MT Summit 2025, which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, in June 2025.