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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!
Read MoreDanish 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.
Read MoreThank 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.
Read MoreOn 19 May 2017 the annual seminar of the European Union of the Deaf is hosted for the first time in Malta. I will be presenting on 'Sign language interpreting services in employment settings - a European overview'.
Read MoreCongratulations to WASLI and the editors Isabelle Heyerick & Suzanne Ehrlich for the newly published WASLI 2015 conference proceedings!
One article that I presented and co-authored with Irma Sluis, looks at International Sign interpreter preparations for high-level European assignments. The second article co-presented an co-authored with Elisabeth Tiselius explains what AIIC is and what it can do for sign language interpreters.
The proceedings can be purchased through the WASLI website!
Read MoreAs of 1 April 2017 AIIC welcomes the 3rd sign language interpreter as AIIC member. In addition, there are 6 more sign language interpreters who joined AIIC as a pre-candidate. The AIIC Sign Language Network (AIIC SLN) is very happy to see more sign language interpreters join AIIC! Are you a sign language interpreter working at conferences? You can join AIIC too! Read here the detailed presentation on how to join.
Why you should join AIIC? Read here
Read MoreOn Saturday 18 March 2017, a total 14 VGT interpreters and students participated in the workshop Team Interpreting in Antwerp. Participants enthusiastically participated in plenary and group discussions and activities.
Read MoreThank you for the interpreters registering from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Macau, and Malta! We are happy that you will join the training 'Interpreting From And To English As A 3rd Language - PART 1' from 16 - 18 May in Malta. Do not miss this opportunity and attend the EUD seminar on Friday 19 May! The EUD GA is on 20 May.
Read MoreCome to Malta 16 - 18 May and work with sign language interpreters from across Europe and improve your skills in working from your national sign language into English and vice versa! Register your place at the training now >
Seize the opportunity and attend the EUD seminar on 19 May in Malta: www.eud.eu
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On 12 & 13 January Danish Sign Language Interpreters attended the two day training in Copenhagen on 'Interpreting from and into English as a third language'. CFD asked me to organize this training for their staff interpreters. In June 2017 the interpreters will attend part II of the training.
Read MoreThe AIIC Sign Language Network together with experts in the field has developed new guidelines for the positioning of sign language interpreters in conferences, including web-streaming.
Read MoreSign Language Interpreting in Europe, 2016 edition, gives an overview of the organizations, educational programs, and employment situations of sign language interpreters across 45 European countries and regions. This is the fifth updated edition, following publications in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. The publication is available at all Amazon stores worldwide
Read MoreOn 23 November the European Parliament passed the resolution on sign languages and professional sign language interpreters. Here you can read the full text of the resolution. The text is available in all 24 EU languages.
Read MoreOn 28 September 2016 for the first time in history there were more interpreters at work in the European Parliament than ever before: a total of 145 interpreters. Of these were 31 sign languages and the 24 official EU spoken languages.
Read MoreA total of 7 members of the AIIC SLN, 3 from Greece, attended the efsli conference and one member of CACL, which is the committee that reviews the AIIC membership applications.
Read MoreWhy is it important for sign language interpreters working at international conferences to join AIIC? As sign language interpreters we work alongside and in cooperation with our colleagues, spoken language interpreters. We have been lobbying to have our profession equally recognized as spoken language interpreters. Which means that when in the same conference setting we are receiving the same technical and professional support in order to carry out our tasks, as well as receiving equal pay.
Read MoreOn 28 September 2016 MEP Helga Stevens is hosting a unique conference in the European Parliament: 'Multilingualism and equal rights in the EU: the role of sign languages'. For the first time in history the European Parliament will have all 24 spoken languages and 31 sign languages present.
Read MoreThe European Master in Sign Language Interpreting (EUMASLI) Team is very pleased to announce that EUMASLI, the European Master in Sign Language Interpreting, will be offered again from January 2017.
Applications for EUMASLI 3 are now open. The deadline is 30 September 2016.
Read MoreSince 2000 I have been conducting research on the status of Sign Language Interpreting in Europe. The results of this research are published, and the latest one was in 2012.
Now it is the year again to gather the new data on the status of our profession. Unfortunately I have not been able to locate sign language interpreters yet in all member states of the Council of Europe. I am still looking for contacts in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova and Slovakia.
Read MoreToday was a historic moment with the UK Prime Minister Cameron announcing via a press conference that he is stepping down as a consequence of the UK voters deciding on leaving the EU. Watch our colleagues interpret his press conference in BSL and NGT.
Read MoreMaya de Wit offers interpreting services and consultancy in the field of sign language interpreting.
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