I was very interested to find out about a virtual conference on all sorts of topics around translation and interpreting, organised by a good friend of this blog Gio Lester, and Marcia Nabrzecki. They are veteran T&I professionals, and the conference is called ConVTI-2017, to be held on 26 and 27 August 2017.
Tag Archives: court interpreting
Court interpreting video – simulated trial
The German professional body for translators and interpreters, the BDÜ (Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer) makes available a video of a simulated trial involving German/Italian interpreting.
Conference – Legal Translation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics (Legal Linguistics), Kołobrzeg, Poland
The Institute of Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland is holding its 12th Conference on Legal Translation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics (Legal Linguistics). This year the event is in collaboration with the School of Maritime Studies, Kołobrzeg, Poland and Kołobrzeg will be the venue. The conference will run from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th June 2017.
NAJIT Annual Conference, Washington DC
The National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT) from the USA is holding its 38th Annual Conference in McLean, VA (Washington DC) from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st May 2017.
Conference – From Babel to Google Translate, Varadero, Cuba
The Tenth Cuba-Québec Symposium on Translation, Terminology and Interpretation will be held in Varadero, Cuba from 6 to 8 December 2016, and is organized by the Asociación Cubana de Traductores e Intérpretes (ACTI) and the Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ).
Court interpreting & translation – Guide to best practice
Earlier this year, the Syndicat national des traducteurs professionnels (SFT) in France published the “Vade-mecum de l’expert traducteur et interprète“, a guide to best practice in court interpreting and translation.
Round table – Ethics of court interpreting, Syracuse, Sicily
AssITIG (Associazione Italiana Traduttori e Interpreti Giudiziari) is organizing a Round Table on the topic of “Ethics of court interpreting in judicial contexts” on 16th April 2016 at 10 am at the Law Courts of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
Free training on how to work with court interpreters
The Building Mutual Trust 2 project offers audio-visual training scenarios demonstrating best practice when working with suspects, defendants and witnesses through a spoken language interpreter.
Conference – Interpreter-mediated justice, Edinburgh, Scotland
A symposium will be held on Saturday 7th November 2015 at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, entitled “Interpreter-mediated Justice: Different Languages, Different Research Methodologies“.
Report on court interpreting in the EU
Following on from last week’s post on the European Guide for Legal Expertise (EGLE) project, I would like to bring to your attention the 2015 report of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) which gives an overview of the quality, independence and efficiency of the judicial systems of European Member States.
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