Published! Sign Language Interpreting in Europe, 2020 edition

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Published! Sign Language Interpreting in Europe, 2020 edition

The sixth edition of Sign Language Interpreting in Europe is published! The 2020 edition gives an overview of the organizations, educational programs, quality control, and employment situations of sign language interpreters in Europe. It is based on a 2020 survey, held among national organizations of sign language interpreters in European countries and regions. Qualitative and quantitative survey data allows readers to do an in-depth analysis of the current state of affairs in the European field of sign language interpreting. This study also allows you to make comparisons between individual countries and to trace current trends. More info >

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Presentation "Sign language interpretation during the pandemic: opportunities and responsibilities"

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Presentation "Sign language interpretation during the pandemic: opportunities and responsibilities"

On 3 December SCIC, the Directorate Generale for Interpretation at the European Commission, hosted an online event. I was honored to be invited to present. My presentation entitled "Sign language interpretation during the pandemic: opportunities and responsibilities" discussed the responsibilities that we have as sign language interpreters to provide the best quality interpretation, also during a pandemic.

The SCIC online event was interpreted into International Sign by SCIC accredited interpreters and SCIC IS interpreter mentees. You can watch my presentation here (starts at 01:45).

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Report on the first European seminar on Sign language interpreting on TV and media

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Report on the first European seminar on Sign language interpreting on TV and media

In November 2019 the first European seminar on signed language interpreting on TV and media took place. The newly published report that I wrote with Sheyla Perez and Paal Richard Peterson provides an insight into current topics on sign language interpreting on TV and media. Overall, the main outcome of the seminar was that there is an urgent need for a specialized training for sign language interpreters working on TV and media.

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Presenting at EUD webinar on quality of sign language interpreting on TV

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Presenting at EUD webinar on quality of sign language interpreting on TV

On November 19th 10.00 CET the European Union of the Deaf (EUD) is hosting a webinar ‘Best practices: ensuring accessibility on TV and how to measure the quality of sign language interpreting?’. I am invited to present on possible guidelines and standards on the quality of sign language interpreting on TV. See more details on the EUD website >

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New article! Published in International Journal of Interpreter Education

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New article! Published in International Journal of Interpreter Education

My article ‘Making It Work: Applying AIIC Professional Standards to Conference Signed Language Interpreters’ was just published in the International Journal of Interpreter Education. The article discusses the need to educate and raise awareness among conference signed language interpreters and their clients regarding the rights to demand, respectively, good working conditions and linguistic access, specifically in high-level settings.

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3rd Swiss Online conference on Barrier-free communication, online

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3rd Swiss Online conference on Barrier-free communication, online

The Institute of Translation and Interpreting at the ZHAW School of Applied Linguistics together with the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva is hosting the 3rd Swiss Conference on Barrier-free Communication: 29 June – 4 July 2020. International sign interpretation and English closed captioning is provided for all the pre-recorded presentations. Trailer >

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Inspirational seminar 'Sign language interpreting on TV and media'

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Inspirational seminar 'Sign language interpreting on TV and media'

Take a look at what happened at tha 1st European seminar on ‘Sign language interpreting on TV & media’! Where 92 participants, presenters and interpreters from 18 different countries came together. The participants submitted a small clip of their work as interpreters on TV and media. Here is the compilation of 33 interpreters interpreting on screen!

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Seminar 2019 update: 70 participants from 18 countries!

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Seminar 2019 update: 70 participants from 18 countries!

Thrilled to have now 70 participants from 18 countries registered for the first European Seminar ‘Sign language interpreting on TV & Media’. Next to invited presenters, participants have the opportunity to share their work and expertise in multiple ways during the program: interactive presentations, discussions, clips of their work, research findings, a BarCamp and much more. Looking forward to all the sharing on 16 & 17 November in London!

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Global survey for sign language interpreters working with international sign

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Global survey for sign language interpreters working with international sign

Are you a sign language interpreter? Do you work sometimes or regularly with international sign? Please assist in this research and fill out the survey. The aim of this survey is to get a better understanding of the profile of interpreters such as you. Please feel free to share this survey with any interpreter colleagues you know are working with international sign.

The survey is open from 1 – 30 April 2019.

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Sign language interpreters: Improve your English skills with this popular training!

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Sign language interpreters: Improve your English skills with this popular training!

Is English not one of your native languages? Do you want to learn strategies and improve your skills when working with English and your national sign language?

Sign up for the popular training “Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd language". Part I of the training will take place on 23 & 24 April in Utrecht, the Netherlands. If you have completed Part I you can also enrol in Part II, taking place on 25 & 26 April also in Utrecht.

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NEW! Training for SLI: Interpreting at Multilingual High-Level Meetings & Conferences

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NEW! Training for SLI: Interpreting at Multilingual High-Level Meetings & Conferences

Multilingual conferences and high-level meetings require different skills than sign language interpreters are often educated in. Come to the training in Vienna on 6 & 7 October 2018 and take the opportunity to practice strategies and discuss theories.

Info & registration training >

You can combine your trip to Vienna and attend the European Union of the Deaf (EUD) annual seminar on Friday 5 October. The training and the EUD seminar will take place at the same venue.

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Two day training for sign language interpreters - working from and to English

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Two day training for sign language interpreters - working from and to English

Join colleagues from around the world at this popular course: Training for Sign Language Interpreters:
Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd Language - Part 1*

Learn new techniques to work from English and your national sign language. The training is a mixture of theory and practice, and will increase your confidence level in working with English. Tools and tips will be provided to improve your skills.

The training will take place in Utrecht, the Netherlands on 25 & 26 April 2018. The early bird registration deadline is 1 March.

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Interview in the International Journal of Interpreter Education

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Interview in the International Journal of Interpreter Education

The 9th edition of the International Journal of Interpreter Education (IJIE) was just published in December 2017. The IJIE is an open access journal and is available to anyone interested. You can read and download for free a wide range of articles. For example, about the training of interpreters in Spain's asylum and refugee office and on evidence-based practice conducted in Norway with second-year interpreting students as they prepare to interpret for deafblind clients for the first time. 

For this edition Ester de Boe, PhD student at the University of Leuven, held an interview with me. Would you like to know my advice to interpreter educators and interpreting students? Read the interview here.

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Part II Training in Valencia

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Part II Training in Valencia

On January 8 & 9 2018 Part II of the Training Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd language will take place in Valencia.

If you have successfully participated and completed part I you can now register for this follow up course. The training consists of in depth practice sessions to enhance your acquired skills to work between English and national sign language. Topics will include vocabulary building, use of synonyms, idioms and expressions, pronunciation, and correct phrasing. An increased emphasis will be on team and linguistic strategies to fine-tune the interpretation.

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Training in Ethics & Team interpreting

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Training in Ethics & Team interpreting

The Mason Perkins Deafness Fund (MPDF) in Siena, Italy, hosted a training in Ethics & Team Interpreting. On 4 & 5 July 2017 Lianne van Dijken & Maya de Wit trained a group of Italian Sign Language Interpreters. The training was a combination of theory and practice through different activities and games. Thank you to the participants and MPDF!

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Thank you to the Danish interpreters!

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Thank you to the Danish interpreters!

Danish Sign Language interpreters were wonderful participants in my trainings in the last week of June. FTT, the Danish Association of Sign Language Interpreters, hosted my two day training 'Interpreting from and to English as a 3rd language - Part I' and CFD, hosted Part II for their interpreters as a follow up from January.

All participants shared their expertise and enhanced their skills in working idioms, synonyms, sentence connectors, strategies and much more! Thank you for your enriching experiences. 

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Training in Malta for 20 sign language interpreters across Europe & beyond

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Training in Malta for 20 sign language interpreters across Europe & beyond

Thank you to all the twenty sign language interpreters for your enthusiastic participation in the training 'Interpreting into and from English as a 3rd language'! 

The training took place before the EUD seminar from 16 - 18 May in Malta with 20 participants. Want to know more? Click on the link. For the next training, sign up to the mailing list.

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