I run a wonderful team of volunteer translators, and do translations myself.

A traditional question how did you discover Global Voices in French and decide to become a volunteer?

Like the PTTs, each team is assisted by an IPLO and anywhere from 1 6 local interpreters.

We get to the Translators Summit, the Volunteers' Summit, I call it.

It was informed, for example, that the United Nations Office at Vienna had only one team of interpreters when additional capacity was needed, interpreters were recruited locally.

Interest in a particular country is often one of the reasons that takes a reader from being just that to become a contributor to Global Voices.

Training for translators and interpreters

I should also like to thank the Secretariat staff for its support this week and the interpretation team for its valuable work and its patience with all of us.

II. Salary rates for translators and revisers a

III. Salary rates for interpreters

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Head interpreter for the Chief Military Observer.

B. Regular staff versus freelance interpreters

Okay, simultaneous interpreters, they just switch words from one language into another.

Reservations have also been voiced concerning the competence and independence of the interpreters.

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The role of translators is essential for meetings to really take place.

Many of our translators are medical professionals and have in depth knowledge in their native languages.

I'm one of the most active volunteer translators at TED.

It was explained that the new APG software for interpreter assignment did not affect the choice of interpreters for a given meeting.

Responsible for assessing and recommending the hiring of local interpreters.

This guy, Yasser Bahjatt, he was the most active translator.

As the Assembly knows, the interpreters have a deadline in 15 minutes.

Now of course, we play a trick here to make the translations as good as professional language translators.

A group of fan translators will often translate the game themselves to meet demand for titles.

Because even with translators I was, for the most part, lost in translation.

Many of these translations came from members of the Global Voices' Lingua Project, a community of volunteer translators.

Because of this community of translators, we suddenly have the ability to find the greatest ideas coming from speakers in any language and bring them into the English speaking world and beyond.

In addition, he has been one of the leading translators for the newly formed Global Voices in Greek.

(b) The geographic location and adequacy of interpreter pools world wide

Community management, to ensure the spirit of motivation, cohesion and sharing of information, across Lingua Editors as well as Lingua Community.

It seeks constantly to improve conditions for the profession in all countries and to uphold translators' rights and freedom of expression.

The vacancy situation for translator and interpreter posts continues to be of great concern.

No member of the delegation, with the exception of the interpreters, may be a national of the State Party to which the visit is made.

I ask the indulgence of the interpreters we will not continue a minute beyond 6.10 p.m.

Off site translators would be recruited on short term contracts funded under temporary assistance for meetings.

I.69 The Advisory Committee welcomes the effort made by the Department to use interpreters flexibly.

Temporary interpreters and translators were subject to rigorous testing. Quality was the paramount consideration.

After an article has been written and been subject to review to ensure its quality, the article needs to be prepared and proofed for translation, after which translators need to be found.

Some providers claim to have the ability to connect an interpreter at any time of day, within a matter of seconds.

Before adjourning the meeting, I would like to thank the interpreters for their understanding, as we have exceeded our allotted time by a few minutes.

I.61 Second, the Committee cautions that it must be kept in mind that the United Nations requires the most competent of translators and that it therefore needs to stay competitive in the market for translators.

A small number of interpreters translators will therefore be put at the disposal of UNAMIR to assist its military personnel in the performance of their mandated tasks.

Because of the considerable difficulties in recruiting Arabic and Chinese interpreters, the number of passive languages required in order to take the interpreters apos examination has not been increased, but interpreters into Arabic, Chinese and other official languages as well are encouraged to acquire as many passive languages as possible.