interpreting schools
Training
Interpreters undergo specialised post-graduate training before starting out. They acquire the core skills to work as a conference interpreter, including:
- Interpreting techniques (simultaneous and consecutive interpreting in different settings);
- International organisations, their mandate and operations, including study visits;
- Preparing for meetings; knowledge and terminology management;
- Public speaking skills and voice training;
- Translation theory and the latest research.
There are several interpreting schools in Africa, which offer a Master’s Degree in Conference Interpretation:
Cameroon
Advanced School of Translators & Interpreters (ASTI), University of Buea
Senegal
Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis
Ghana
Kenya
Centre for Translation and Interpretation, University of Nairobi
Mozambique
Universidade Pedagógica de Maputo
South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
For more information about interpreting courses worldwide, peruse the AIIC Interpreting Schools & Programmes Directory.