The Mali CT is structured around two, in-person workshops and three, mentored field sessions. Each workshop consists of two weeks of intensive instruction. Each mentored session consists of one week of field experience with mentoring by Bryan Harmelink in real language translation projects. These mentored sessions will be followed by additional online mentoring sessions.

In addition to these workshops and field sessions, there will be a number of regular online meetings, readings, and assignments, as well as some specifically required training courses.