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As announced at the 2024 efsli conference: In 2025 I will conduct another European survey on the development of the signed language interpreter profession. The 2025 research will be done in collaboration with the European Union of the Deaf (EUD) as they are conducting a census that year. You can contribute your wishes for the new 2025 edition. Please fill out this form >
Read MoreThe sign language interpreting program in Innsbruck welcomed their second cohort in 2023. I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and teach this 2nd semester (May 2024) on ‘Team Interpreting’. Thank you to Elisabeth Keckeis, director of the program, for inviting me!
Read MoreCome to the free AIIC SLN webinar on 29 February! Join Maya de Wit, PhD (Sign Language Network) and Dr. Verónica Pérez Guarnieri (ISO group) to learn more about the development of ISO standards and the upcoming ISO/AWI 17651-4 standard on signed language interpreters' working environment. Interpretation will be available in Spanish, French, English, Portuguese and International Sign (IS). More info register: https://lnkd.in/dT56vuZg
Read MoreOn 30 November I am presenting on behalf of AIIC in the panel ‘Understanding the talent shortage’ at the SCIC Universities Conference. The conference is live streamed and Simultaneous interpretation will be provided from English, French, German, Italian and Spanish into English, French, German and International Sign).
Read MoreI am honored and thrilled to have successfully publicly defended my PhD dissertation ‘Practitioners’ perspectives on International Sign Conference Interpreting’ at the Radboud University in Nijmegen on 30 October 2023.
You can read all about my PhD dissertation and defence here >
Read MoreI am excited to share my 3rd PhD article that was just published in the International Journal for Translation & Interpreting Research. In this article we examine the 2021 Quality Assurance (QA) system for IS conference interpreters. The results indicate that there is a demand for formal professional training programmes that focus on interpreting IS in conference settings and a need to enhance the current accreditation system. Read the full article (open access) >
Read MoreAfter 6.5 years, I chaired my last meeting as AIIC Sign Language Network coordinator on January 15th. During these years I have learned so much from my AIIC colleagues about conference interpreting, policies, strategies, interpreting markets and international institutions.
In the picture are some of the SLN members who attended my last meeting as coordinator. It has been an absolute joy to work closely together with so many sign and spoken language interpreter colleagues, and I want to thank each one of you. Through our joint work we have raised further awareness in and outside AIIC on sign language conference interpreting.
The European Commission in cooperation with EUD is organizing for the 2nd time a mentoring opportunity for International Sign interpreters. The mentoring will take place on the premises of the EC in Brussels (tbc) in the weeks of 28 March, 25 April or 2 May, and 13 June. The dates are to be confirmed. National sign language interpreters (deaf and hearing) with a conversational fluency in IS can apply.
Read MoreJust published! The Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting bringing together 71 researchers and practitioners in 40 chapters. Excited to have co-authored with Graham Turner, Nadja Grbic, Christopher Stone, Christopher Tester the chapter ‘Sign Language conference interpreting’.
Read MoreThe second European seminar on Sign Language Interpreting on TV & Media took place online on 20 November 2021. It brought together 117 participants from 34 countries. Presenters and participants shared and discussed best practices of sign language interpreters working on TV and media. The seminar was a great success thanks to the enthusiastic involvement of all participants!
Read MoreCome and join the 100 participants from around the globe on 19 & 20 November at the 2nd Seminar Sign Language Interpreting on TV & Media!
🌍Meet 100 colleagues from around the globe!
💬 Chats already started on the Seminar platform
👩 Presenters sharing their expertise
☕Enjoy an informal coffee in IS or English
⛺BarCamp is your opportunity to share!
Interpretation into International Sign and English and Live English Captions.
Read MoreOn Friday 19 November at 19.30 CEST, Paal Richard Peterson, CEO at Døves Media in Norway, is presenting on the media production of dedicated programs in sign language . All participants of the 2nd Seminar on Sign Language Interpreting on TV & Media are invited to join this pre-seminar presentation. Check out the full program >
Read MoreOn 20 November 2021 the second European seminar ‘Sign language interpreting on TV & Media’ will take place, this time online! Welcoming all sign language interpreters & translators (deaf and hearing) working with tv and media, on or behind the screen, as well as all professionals involved in this process: technicians, cameramen, programmers, trainers, managers, and others.
Save some euros: register by the early bird deadline of 30 September!
Check out all the information here >
Read MoreOn 27 August 19.30 - 21.00 CEST I will be giving an interactive presentation in NGT on preparation for NGT interpreters when working from English. The presentation is in collaboration with Signo Ergo Sum (SES), the association for deaf and hard of hearing students in the Netherlands. Everyone is welcome to attend! Participation is free but it would be great if you support SES with an in kind donation. More info and signing up here >
Read MoreThe article ‘Preparation strategies for sign language conference interpreting: comparing international sign with a national sign language’ co-authored with my PhD supervisors Dr. Onno Crasborn and Prof. Jemina Napier has just been published in Kilian G. Seeber (Ed.) 100 Years of Conference Interpreting: A legacy.
You can see here a summary in International Sign, the abstract in English and more information on the publication >
Read MoreThe AIIC Sign Language Network and the EMCI co-organized a webinar on sign language conference interpreting: professionalization and course design. Presentations were given by Naďa Hynková Dingová, Catherine Pearson, Jemina Napier, Christian Rathmann, Myriam Vermeerbergen, Nora Ungar. You can watch the webinar on the AIIC youtube channel in English, International Sign, Spanish or Portuguese. See here >
Read MoreAt the Innovation in Interpreting Summit I chaired with Oliver Pouliot a special panel on New practices in sign language interpreting. Our panel members Aurélia Nana Gassa Gonga (France), Tiago Coimbra (Brazil), Karen Green (UK), and Katja Fischer (Germany) presented and discussed their specialty in sign language interpreting. Presentations were held in International Sign, English and French and live English captions were provided. You can watch the recording of the panel here >
Read More‘Interpreting international sign: mapping the interpreter’s profile’ is now published by Routledge in the Journal The Interpreter and Translator trainer. The article is co-authored with my supervisors Dr. Onno Crasborn and Prof. Jemina Napier.
The study is carried out using a global online survey looking at the profile of international sign (IS) conference interpreters worldwide. The article is open access, read it here >
More info, including a summary in International Sign, you can find here >
Read MoreOn 26 January the European Commission is presenting the closing event of their first SCIC mentoring scheme for International Sign interpreters: ‘Accessibility through sign language interpreting.’
You can follow the public event online from 10.00 - 12.00 CET
I am excited to present as the coordinator of the program together with presenters from the European Commission, EUD, EUDY and interpreter colleagues. Thank you to SCIC for making this first mentoring scheme possible, and for my dedicated group of mentees, and all of those who have shared their knowledge and expertise as mentors and presenters during the past 12 months.
Read MoreCheck out the brief chat that I had with Irene Strasly from FTI, University of Geneva, on the new 3 year BA in multilingual communication: https://bit.ly/35CEcTZ (French captions) https://bit.ly/38puVjF (English captions)
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