Training LIT

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Training LIT

• Transposing the new EU Directive

Christiane J. Driesen - 2012
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Aiming at Best Training Practicesto comply with
the Directive
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Relevant Articles 2 (8), 3 (9), 5 (1),(2),(3)
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Police setting
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Thus a fair trial derived from the Directive
requires...

• Qualified interpreters in command of all
  interpreting techniques
• sight translating and interpreting
• consecutive
• simultaneous (Whispering)
• socio-cultural awareness
• legal and judicial knowledge
• and in particular professional ETHICS
• Equivalent to international Jurisdictions

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Holly MikkelsonInterpreting is Interpreting
Thus Why should there be any difference of
quality between international and national
proceedings? Remember Nuremberg!
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For Illustration
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Prosecutor reading
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Sight Interpreting
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Judge interviewing...
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Consecutive
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Whispering and Consecutive
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Interpreting a Witness Whispering Consecutive
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Bidule
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Sign Language
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Main Training Challenges
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Languages of lesser diffusion

• Immigration language requirements vary constantly
  and at short notice
• Trainers for interpreting and translating in
  languages of lesser diffusion are scarce
• Many languages of lesser diffusion do not exist
  in written form

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Languages over 5 Years

• Albanisch (1) Georgisch (1) Ungarisch (2)
• Arabisch (5) Italienisch (8)
  Rumänisch (2)
• Aserbaidsh. (1) Japanisch (1)
  Russisch (16)
• Bulgarisch (1) Koreanisch (1)
  Serbo-Kroatisch (5)
• Chinesisch (4) Lettisch (1)
  Spanisch (13)
• Dänisch (1) Persisch (5) Thai (1)
• DGS (5) Polnisch (16) Tschechisch (1)
• Englisch (17) Portugiesisch (5) Türkisch
  (9)
• Französisch (4)
  Vietnamesisch (1)

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Challenges for traditional structures

• Traditional universities have great difficulty
  adapting to these challenges
• Their training being often still more focused on
  language than on technique
• They cannot yet adapt their recruitment to
  constantly changing market needs

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Solution tandem method within two qualification
formats

1. Within a regular university curriculum (B.A. or
   Master Degree). Authorities participating in
   final exams gt access to central register
2. Further training (120 hrs with trainers/300 hrs
   at home) ending with certification. Authorities
   participating in final exams gt access to central
   register
3. Authorities indicating their linguistic needs

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Didactic principles

• Training interpreting techniques in the local
  language (lingua franca) for multilingual groups
• Interpreting trainer working in tandem with a
  highly qualified linguist checking accuracy of
  rendering and giving speech presentations
  (participating in dialogues) in the rare
  language
• Participation of professionals (lawyers, doctors,
  police, etc.)

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Curriculum

• 2 basic semesters
• improvement of language skills
• introduction to translating and interpreting
• law, economics
• intercultural communication
• informatics I
• 2 semesters at a partner university

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3 semesters of intensive training

• terminology I and II
• science of translating and interpreting
• law (II , III and IV), economics II
• intercultural communication
• consecutive and simultaneous interpreting
• specialised and sight translating
• professional ethics
• legal translating
• informatics II
• B.A. thesis

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Example II - CPD

• (Hamburg, Magdeburg) - similar in Zurich
• admission requirements university degree,
  interview and/or test
• 1 year, 120 hours
• 50 hours on law, public services, etc.
• 70 hours interpreting and translating (including
  terminology)
• 300 hours personal training/homework (CREDITS)

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Final written examination

• Legal translation - 5 hours, both directions
• certificates (Registry)
• documents relating to civil and criminal
  proceedings

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Final oral examination

• questions on judicial proceedings (judge) 15
  minutes
• sight translation - 25 lines (both directions)
• consecutive interpreting (with notes) 5 minutes
  (both directions)
• simultaneous (with whispering equipment -
  bidule) 8 minutes (both directions)

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Perspectives

• A good Solution for transposing the Directive
• training recognised by authorities and courts
  sworn interpreters
• flexibility for training rare languages according
  to the needs of authorities

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Dank U Wel!