Interpreting News
Open Letter to UK Prime Minister Cameron
As the targeted killings by the Taliban increase, branded as traitors the interpreters left behind by British troops fear for their lives. The British government recently revealed details of a severely flawed plan to help only some of them. AIIC, FIT, IAPTI, and Red T write an open letter to David Cameron, echoing David Davis' call to give them all a safe haven in the UK.
SCIC update: Recruitment policy for new interpreters
On 3 May 2013, the AIIC professional delegation met with SCIC to discuss their policy for hiring new interpreters, also known as 'La relève'
Panel discussions on interpreting in today's world: Nuremberg, May - November 2013
Beginning 5 May 2013, a series of events & discussion sessions focusing on the work of interpreters will be held in Nuremberg under the title "One trial - four languages: The breakthrough for simultaneous interpreting and its consequences".
Joint letter to the Danish authorities brings change of heart in Copenhagen
Following letters to the US administration and the Swedish government, this joint letter to the Danish Prime Minister produced an immediate effect. Hardly had the letter been published than the Danish government announced a change in its policy towards Afghan interpreters who had helped their troops, opening a door to their applications for visas. We are extremely pleased that the joint pressure from AIIC, FIT, IAPTI and RED T, written at a decisive time for the debate in Denmark, seems to have been the trigger for the government's change of heart.
Series of events commemorating Nuremberg Trials off to a successful start
Revisiting the historic event and the role interpreters played in it was made more poignant by the setting - the very courtroom where the trials took place.
UN - Minutes of the sub-sectoral meeting, Geneva, 1 May 2013
The AIIC Professional Delegation in Geneva reviewed compliance with the AIIC/UN agreement on the part of various Geneva-based bodies and other matters of interest to freelance interpreters.
International Conference on Court Interpreting in London - still resisting ALS/Capita in the justice sector
Legal and court interpreters aim to reverse outsourcing to commercial agencies, assure proper working conditions and gain statutory regulation of their profession.
NU - Convocation à une sectorielle locale, 1er mai 2013 - Genève, Suisse
SCIC update: a report from the AIIC professional delegation
Below is a brief report on the information meeting held on 19/03/2013, some information on further developments in SCIC, and an appeal to colleagues to help put in place a network of correspondents covering all language units or booths.
Open Letter to the Swedish Prime Minister
Afghan interpreters who helped Swedish forces in Afghanistan have so far been unable to claim asylum in Sweden although fearing for their lives as troops pull out. As the Swedish parliament opens its session and debates the question of whether and how to assist them, AIIC, FIT, IAPTI and RedT publish another open letter, this time addressed to the Swedish Prime Minister and other cabinet ministers urging them to take action.
UN - Report from the UN Negotiating Delegation, March 2013
Compliance and other matters of import were up for discussion when the AIIC group in charge of ensuring correct implementation of the agreement governing employment of freelancer interpreters in the UN system met in Geneva.
Interpreter-mediated interactions: Methodologies and models - A tribute to Miriam Shlesinger (Call for papers)
LARIM (Laboratorio di Ricerca sulle Interazioni Mediate dall'Interprete/Research Laboratory on Interpreter-Mediated Interactions) set up in 2012 within the Faculty of Interpreting and Translation (FIT), LUSPIO University in Rome, will host this forum for discussing interdisciplinary approaches to research on 7-9 November 2013.
EU - Invitation to an information meeting, 19 March 2013
At 19h. 00, in CCAB Room 4 C.
Expression of support for interpreters at Khmer Rouge Trials
Local Cambodian interpreters have gone three months without being paid and have not yet had contracts renewed for 2013. AIIC's Asia-Pacific region calls for a quick solution.
Information session for beginners in Rio on March 18, 2013
Junior interpreters and students are invited to a free information and discussion session with AIIC colleagues.
Open Letter to the US administration in support of T/Is
The third in the series of open letters published by AIIC, FIT and Red T.
Coordonnées - Convocation à une réunion sectorielle, le 24 janvier 2013, à Strasbourg
Lieu: Conseil de l’Europe, Strasbourg, salle à préciser Date: jeudi 24 janvier 2013, à 13 h.
EU - Do Agents for Conference Interpreting (ACI) have the right to strike?
November 2012 - It has been an eventful fortnight in the EU sector, with lots of twists and turns. Your AIIC delegations review developments on the right to strike in the EU institutions.
EU - Report from the EU Negotiating Delegation, November 2012
On 6 November 2012 the delegations (Negotiating Delegation and Professional Delegations at Commission and EP) held an information meeting for ACI colleagues in Brussels, and reported on the items below.
Bids for interpreting services by EU bodies
You may have been contacted recently by agencies asking for your CV and rates in connection with a bid they are submitting for providing interpretation services to European organisations. The AIIC-EU Negotiating Delegation reports on the implications of this practice.
UN - Record of decisions of the sub-sectoral meeting, Paris, 8 October 2012
The AIIC Professional Delegation for UNESCO convened a local sub-sectoral meeting on October 8 2012, in room 3 of the UNESCO Fontenoy building.
Coordonnées - Convocation à une réunion sectorielle, 1er octobre 2012 - Conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg
De 19h. à 20h., au Conseil de l’Europe (salle affichée au bureau des interprètes au 3e étage du Palais de l’Europe).
UN - Latest news from the Negotiating Delegation about the new agreement
Colleagues have been wondering why the new UN Agreement has not been posted on the website. We felt we should not do so until the parties had signed it. Below we explain the cause of the delay in completing this formality. The new Agreement is in force, the new rates apply.
EU - Report from the EU Negotiating Delegation, September 2012
Coordonnées - Convocation à une réunion sectorielle, 1er octobre 2012 - Conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg
19h - 20h (salle à préciser)
The Interpreters’ Newsletter, Expertise in conference interpreting - Call for papers
Important dates: manuscript submission (15 January 2013), notification of acceptance (30 April 2013), publication (December 2013)