AIIC Switzerland in the media

UN Chinese Language Day is observed annually on April 20.  Mandarin, China’s official language, is used at the United Nations, but Chinese is also spoken in a dazzling array of regional dialects. Watch this video where AIIC conference interpreters introduce some of the many Chinese dialects and explain why the UN celebrates Chinese Language Day: … Continued

Wry smile through gritted teeth Geneva, Phil Smith, December 2020 As of January, I shall be the representative for Switzerland on the Advisory Board and thought it a good idea to introduce myself. I trained as an interpreter at the European commission in 1977 and worked on the staff until 1979, when I became a … Continued

Geneva, Casilda Regueiro and Jayne Magistris | 20.12.2020 Speakers: Inés Martín, Christophe Renfer and Agnès Perrot. Panelists Inés Martín is a member of AIIC and co-founder of interpreters.ch, Member of AIIC’s Consultant Interpreters Group (ex-Bizorg), based in Zurich Christoph Renfer is a member of AIIC and co-founder of interpreters.ch, President of Calliope-Interpreters, Member of AIIC’s Consultant Interpreters Group, based in … Continued

Geneva, Rawdha Cammoun-Clavería, December 2020 (translation into English by Peter Clayburn) The Swiss region has begun considering how AIIC might position itself in relation to commercial interpretation platforms. In spring 2020, the region organised a series of webinars open to all regions of AIIC and then set up an ad hoc working group focusing on … Continued

Following its regional meeting on 3 October 2020, AIIC Switzerland organized an online vote via a secure platform in order to elect a new Regional Secretary and a new Advisory Board (AB) member, the representative of the Swiss Region at AIIC International level. For the position of AB member, Phil Smith was elected with a … Continued

Geneva, October 2020, Phil Smith When you live away from your own country you can miss how the language changes, which means that you still speak as you did ten years ago. I am from the UK (a former European country east of Ireland) and have spent nearly eleven years in Geneva, and during that … Continued

From our regular booth camp author Phil Smith, published on 9 April 2020 And the world stopped

Geneva, March 2020, summary by Jéssica Ayala Tejedor, Josh Goldsmith, Sébastien Longhurst Following November’s remote interpreting workshop in Bern, AIIC Switzerland hosted a Seminar on Remote Interpreting in Geneva on February 29, 2020. The seminar featured Klaus Ziegler, coordinator of the AIIC Technical and Health Committee, Professor Kilian Seeber, Director of the Interpreting Department at … Continued

Geneva, March 2020, Phil Smith Many years ago, I worked at a trade union centre in a town called Karis in southern Finland, in the Swedish-speaking part of the country. The centre was in lovely grounds and we each had a very comfortable room. Not unreasonably, the place was run on a Nordic timetable, so … Continued

AIIC PRIMS MEETING IN LYON, FRANCE January 25th, 2020 – 09:30 – 12:30 Roundtable discussion: Confidentiality and professional ethics in the age of social media. Summary by Melanie Klemm (AIIC-Suisse) edited by Gillian Misener (AIIC-Canada) Saturday started with a roundtable discussion moderated by Ms. Audrey Pulvar, journalist, TV and radio host. Prior to the discussion, … Continued