Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures – Spanish translation

The Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures has been translated into Spanish based on the original English version of 2017. It is available on Refworld (open access): https://www.refworld.org/policy/opguidance/unhcr/2022/en/124043.

 New commemorative publication by Mira Kadrić, Waltraud Kolb and Sonja Pöllabauer

 New journal publication by Sonja Pöllabauer, Katia Iacono, Harald Pasch and Maria Bernadette Zwischenberger

Sonja Pöllabauer, Katia Iacono, Harald Pasch and Maria Bernadette Zwischenberger published a research article entitled "'If we're lucky, we recognise potential.' A study of admission criteria and entrance screening practices in public service interpreter training" in the newest issue of The Interpreter and Translator Trainer.

Link to the article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1750399X.2023.2278318

 Laura Andrea González Figueroa at the InDialog4 Conference

As academic partners of the WebPSI project, Sonja Pöllabauer and Laura Andrea González Figueroa were in Ghent on the 20th of September to attend the General Assembly and the Executive Committee of the project. The project was also presented as a panel on the 19th of September during the conference InDialog 4, where Laura González held a presentation on working with and training interpreters for Languages of Limited Diffusion.

Katia Iacono and Harald Pasch published a paper entitled "Facing social, emotional and technological challenges in the virtual interpreting classroom" in the newest issue of FITISPos International Journal. 

Link to the issue: 
fitisposij.web.uah.es/OJS/index.php/fitispos/issue/view/15

 Workshop by Harald Pasch

On the 19th of April 2023 Harald Pasch hosted a workshop for the interpreters of the styrian Violence Protection Centre on interpreting in the context of GBV. During the three hour workshop participants had the chance to discuss trust-building, cooperation and self-care, as well as quesions concerning role boundaries and ethical decision-making. 

 Guest lecture by Judith Platter

On Monday, April 24th, 2023 Judith Platter will be holding a guest lecture on the topic of speech-to-text interpreting at the University of Innsbruck. The lecture will take place between 3:30pm and 5pm in seminar room 2 at the Institute of Translation Studies and will discuss challenges in the profession, as well as training opportunities and steps towards professionalisation.

 New publications

Two contributions by Sonja Pöllabauer and Mira Kadrić in the Handbook of Public Service Interpreting: 

Pöllabauer, S 2023, Research on Interpreter-Mediated Asylum Interviews. in L Gavioli & C Wadensjö (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Public Service Interpreting. Routledge, Taylor & Francis, London, New York, pp. 140–154.

Kadric, M & Pöllabauer, S 2023, Education and Training of Public Service Interpreter Teachers. in L Gavioli & C Wadensjö (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Public Service Interpreting. Routledge, Taylor & Francis, London, New York, S. 414–428.

For further details follow this link.

 WP2 and Quality Assurance Committee - next meeting of project partners

The Retrans project activities resume after the holidays, with the internal project partners' meeting taking place on 12 January 2023. There, the project partners will review the progress of WP2 project activities. In addition, the meeting of the Quality Assurance Committee will also be held.

Our ReTrans project website is now officially public! Here you can read about our activities related to our EU funded project on capacity building and awareness raising for interpreting in humanitarian and transborder migration contexts!

www.retrans-interpreting.com

 Presentation by ReTrans members at the 3rd E-conference on Translation, Migration Movements in Andalusia in its National and European Context

Today, the Erasmus+ Retrans project partners from Vienna and Maribor, Katia Iacono, Sara Orthaber, and Aleksandra Nuč Blažič, presented a paper at the 3rd E-conference on Translation, Migration Movements in Andalusia in its National and European Context (www.uco.es/ocs/index.php/3eCT/index/pages/view/programa).

10.11.2022, 19h - Im Rahmen des Veranstaltungsprogramms zur Ausstellung "Ein Prozess, vier Sprachen" an der Universität Innsbruck ist Karin Reithofer eine der beiden Rednerinnen zum Thema Zukunft des Konferenz-dolmetschens. In ihrem Vortrag beleuchtet sie die Rolle des Englischen als Lingua franca und dessen Auswirkungen auf das Konferenzdolmetschen und diverse Konferenzdolmetsch-Settings.

Sie möchten dem Vortrag online am 10. November um 19 Uhr folgen? Klicken Sie auf den Link für weitere Details: www.uibk.ac.at/translation/ein-prozess-vier-sprachen/programm.html

 Presentation by Katia Iacono

September 2022 – Symposium Dolmetschen im Gesundheits- und Gemeinwesen Perspektiven, Qualifizierung & zukünftige Entwicklungen

Katia Iacono held a presentation about the development of community interpreting in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

For further details see the symposium programme:

https://timechange.etool.biz/bundesweite-fachtagung/programm

 TRANS 2022 in Maribor

In the days of August 28^th to September 04^th Maria Bernadette Zwischenberger joined the events of the TRANS network in Maribor, Slovenia, with her presentation entitled "Material evidence? Pinning down interpreting practices through multimodal analysis of counselling centres' websites".

The symposium and summer school brought together translation scholars from central and eastern european universities to engage in an exchange of thoughts on Translation and Interpreting in an inclusive and global society.

 First ReTrans dissemination meeting in full swing!

A glimpse from our first online dissemination meeting shows that the project ReTrans "Working with Interpreters in Refugee Transit Zones: Capacity Building and Awareness-raising for Higher Education Contexts 2022-2024" is in full swing.

More updates soon!

June 2022 - Conference presentation by Vera Ahamer at the 1st International Conference on the Right to Languages: Linguistic Policies and Translation and Interpreting in Public Services and Institutions (Càtedra Drets Lingüístics - Universitat de València).

Vera Ahamer held a presentation about the impact of Language Policies on Community Interpreting in Austria.

For further details, see: blogs.uji.es/cidl/

At the doctoral conference "Positionierungen/Positionings: Selbsreferenzialität in translationswissenschaftlichen Dissertationsprojekten" at the Department of Translation Studies of the University of Graz on the 09h – 10th June 2022, Harald Pasch presented his dissertation project on interpreting in Violence Protection Centres with a focus on positionality and field access. 

At the conference "Diversity & Inclusion across Languages: Insights into communicative challenges from theory to practice" at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, taking place on the 29^th – 30^th May 2022, Maria Bernadette Zwischenberger presented on translation and interpreting practices in Austrian counselling centres for women and girls to address diversity and foster inclusion.

For the full programme click here: www.wu.ac.at/diversityandinclusion/program

The revised second edition of the Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Proceedings is now available, both on Refworld (open access) and in bookstores:

 

• https://www.refworld.org/docid/59c8b3be4.html

 

• UNHCR Austria/Pöllabauer, Sonja (ed.) (2022) Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures. 2nd and revised edition. Berlin: Frank & Timme.

 

This handbook, now in its second, updated and expanded edition, responds to the need for qualified interpreters in asylum procedures by offering a theoretical insight into a variety of topics relevant to interpreters in the asylum context, as well as activities and exercises enabling experiential and interactive learning. It provides a broad insight into the challenges of interpreting in an asylum context and can be used for self-study and for interpreter training.

The database is managed by the 'Plattform Dialogdolmetschen' (interinstitutional network on teaching dialogue interpreting), which is an association of universities and non-university institutions with the aim to foster research and implementation of qualification and certification measures in the field of interpreting for public institutions. The platform can be reached through the following link: https://dialogdolmetschen.at/

 NEW Revised second edition of the Trainingshandbuch für DolmetscherInnen im Asylverfahren [Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Proceedings]

With generous support by TRAUNER Verlag the revised second edition of the German Trainingshandbuch für DolmetscherInnen im Asylverfahren has now been published:

https://www.trauner.at/shop/trainingshandbuch-dolmetscherinnen-asylverfahren

The handbook was edited by UNHCR Austria and includes contributions from members of the Vienna Interpreting Research Group. It provides a broad insight into the challenges of interpreting in an asylum context and can be used for self-study and for interpreter training.

Article on joint course for law and interpreting students published in the current issue of Linguistica Antverpiensia.

Authors: Mira Kadric, Sylvi Rennert & Dalibor Mikic

 The interinstitutional network with a focus on teaching dialogue interpreting is now online!

Researchers and teachers from the universities in Graz, Innsbruck and Vienna and representatives of UNHCR Austria have joined forces in an interinstitutional network focusing on training in the field of dialogue interpreting: https://dialogdolmetschen.at

 New edition of the Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures released!

2nd edition of the Handbook for Interpreters in Asylum Procedures (German version) released!

Available open access on RefWorld: https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?reldoc=y&docid=618a84434

A working paper with the title "Overview of qualification and awareness-raising initiatives in the field of dialogue interpreting in Austria (2001-2021)" has been published online.

Original title: Übersichtsdarstellung zu Qualifizierungs- und  Sensibilisierungsinitiativen im Bereich Dialogdolmetschen in Österreich (2001-2021).

Link to the working paper: doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.297