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International Interpreting Services

Ivana ČEŇKOVÁ, conference interpreting before and after the Velvet Revolution

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European Masters in Conference Interpreting    Captura de pantalla 2014-09-16 a la(s) 14.07.08

EMCI Core Curriculum

Contents

  1. Preamble
  2. Aims of the Programme
  3. Core Curriculum
  4. Course structure and workload
  5. Admission to the programme
  6. The final examinations
  7. Mobility
  8. Joint programmes

1. Preamble

In early 1997 the European Commission’s Joint Interpreting and Conference Service (SCIC) and DGXXII approached the Thematic Network Project in the Area of Languages (SOCRATES-ERASMUS Programme) about the possibility of launching a European pilot project for the joint development of a university programme at advanced level (Masters type) in Conference Interpreting to remedy the shortage of highly qualified conference interpreters, particularly with language combinations which include less widely used and less taught languages. [Read more…]

Streaming e interpretación

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Information and Communication Technologies in Interpreting –Remote and Telephone Interpreting

Introduction

The development of new information and communication technologies has made an impact on the field of professional interpreting. New tools have made borderless  communication possible. They facilitate human interaction but at the same time create new challenges for interpreters. [Read more…]

What’s interpreting?

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LA INTERPRETACIÓN EN LA DANZA.

Les presentamos un resumen del trabajo de investigación que empezó el año 2001 y que culminó con la lectura de nuestra tesis doctoral en 2010. Queremos dar a conocer una mirada sobre la interpretación en la danza para que sea de utilidad en la formación de los bailarines.

Antecedentes

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MIC 2013: Visita a la Comisión Europea y Tribunal de Justicia de la UE

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CRÓNICA DE UN VIAJE:

“ Hace unas semanas los estudiantes del MIC emprendimos un viaje de cuatro días al centro neurálgico de la interpretación en Europa (y, por qué no decirlo, de las cervezas y el chocolate). [Read more…]

English is enough, right?

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“The internationalisation of English has begun to provoke a two-fold enervation. In many societies, imported English, with its necessarily synthetic, ‘pre-packaged’ semantic field, is eroding the autonomy of the native language-culture. [Read more…]

High-level Interpretation

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Dick FLEMING, former EU staff interpreter, reminisces about some of the high-level EU meetings he interpreted at during the 1980s and 1990s, work which was sometimes tough, often fascinating and- with hindsight- immensely rewarding. He describes the interpreting arrangements for such meetings then and now and suggests that young interpreters -particularly those with two active languages- should certainly not assume they will never have the opportunity to provide interpretation at such meetings.

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A consecutive demo: los locávoros

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THE MAKING OF:

Gemma and I are both interpreters and we were asked to do a speech and consecutive for you to show you just one example of how an interpreter’s consecutive notes are used to convey a message in a lively way, so that the interpreter is taking real ownership of the speaker’s message. [Read more…]

European Commissioner Vassiliou, about languages and interpretation.

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“Ladies and gentlemen,

This is an important moment for languages in Europe. As we continue our celebration of the European Day of Languages, we have one eye on the past and one on the future. [Read more…]