The Universities of Vienna, Nitra, Ostrava and Prague address the topic of community interpreters training in a series of lectures at the Centre for Translation Studies, Vienna.

Within the framework of the project “Competence – Resilience – Efficiency. Together on the way to a complex profile in the training of prospective municipal interpreters”, the Czech language department at the Centre for Translation Studies in cooperation with ReTrans holds a series of lectures in November 2023.

The talks are held in German but interpreting is provided:

  • From the anonymity of the interpreting booth to people’s life stories: How the contexts of interpreting change in the context of migration, lecture by Soňa Hodáková, Nov. 6, 2023, 16:45-18:15 CET
  • Municipal interpreting in the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia: similarities, differences and challenges, panel discussion with Ivana Čeňková, Soňa Hodáková and Sonja Pöllabauer, Nov. 7, 2023, 15:00 – 16:30 CET
  • Community interpreting for diversity and inclusion in the Czech society, lecture by Prof. Ivana Čeňková, Nov. 8., 2023, 11:30-13:00 CET

How to Participate:

On site:
Zentrum für Translationswissenschaft
Lecture Hall 1
Gymnasiumstraße 50
1190 Vienna

Online:
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/65785659835?pwd=UmwxajU0U3pNdDJIY1p0UWhrMGoydz09
Meeting ID: 657 8565 9835
Code: 040849

Download: Lecture series at a glance

Project “Competence – Resilience – Efficiency” supported by Action Austria-Slovakia, Action Austria-Czech Republic