Staff interpreter - Special Tribunal for Lebanon - The Hague - French booth
To learn some thing new is always gratifying in our profession, whether at conferences or during a training session. The two-week AIIC-promoted course for interpreters, English in the Caribbean held from 7 to 18 January 2019 far exceeded that goal!
The fact that it took place in beautiful Barbados was an obvious asset from the start and, yes, participants enjoyed the beach and gorgeous sunsets after class, as well as excursions during the weekend...
But the top quality lectures on a wide variety of topics, served by brilliant speakers, most of them professors at the University of the West Indies (UWI), was definitely the greatest strength of this course.
Lecturers presented information from a Caribbean angle which was thoroughly researched, very rich in content and thought-provoking.There
was also a linguistic component with a focus on accents, which no doubt is useful in our professional practice. We were also given access to written material on an eLearning module, with a forum on which to raise additional questions.
I am convinced that this additional knowledge will contribute to helping us better understand the dynamics at play at many of the conferences we serve as interpreters.
January 19, 2019