2012 Cambridge conference interpretation course

NB: The CCIC is specifically designed for experienced and practising conference interpreters.

This annual refresher course for professional interpreters offers a student-teacher ratio not exceeding 3:1. Instruction is centred on training in simultaneous interpretation from speeches delivered by both guest speakers and teaching faculty members. Contemporary video and audio sources are also employed. Subsequent general, group and individual performance feedback is both extensive and detailed.

The 27 students will work some 5 hours per day in state-of-the-art ISO booths. A wide range of technical and general subjects will be briefed under authentic conference conditions, including formal UN-format mock meetings. Many working days are themed by topic.

In addition to the core curriculum, daily (morning and evening) specialised modules in a variety of fields (consecutive techniques, B-language strategies, use of texts, meeting terminology and practice, booth and stress management, marketing and negotiation, approaches to Shakespeare and the Bible etc..) and briefings on AIIC and the profession, are provided. ‘Chuchotage’ practical training is also featured, using real-life scenarios.

Three Course packages are available:

• tuition only
• tuition + hotel bed and breakfast
• tuition + hotel full board accommodation

Course languages are: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish, according to demand. The language of general instruction is English, while a number of ‘language-specific’ sessions allow for in-depth tuition in students’ other working languages.