Organizer: ATPD
Location: Ta Prachan Campus Thammasat University Bangkok TH
*AIIC members must be logged in to enjoy the discount.
Date/time:
- Consecutive without notes : 26 May 2025 9:00-16:30 – 27 May 2025 9:00-12:00
- Consecutive with notes : 28 May 2025 9:00-16:30 – 29 May 2025 9:00-12:00
Venue: Thammasat University, Ta Prachan Campus, Bangkok
Trainer: Andrew Gillies
Contact: ATPD member Sasee Chanpraprun (schanprapun@yahoo.com )
Fees:
- For both courses* CHF 280.- for members, CHF 380.- for non-members
*If you would like to attend only one of the courses, the cost is 160 CHF for members and 210 CHF for non-members. Please write aiic_hq@aiic.org, and you will receive information on manual payment for one event.
Participants: 16 max
Note that the event will only be confirmed if a minimum number of registrations is reached. Registered participants will be informed by email as soon as it is confirmed, at the latest six weeks before the event.
Workshop description
This practical workshop will introduce and practise a variety of techniques for memorising content heard in consecutive-type speeches. We’ll practice those techniques both in isolation and in combination to give you something that is immediately applicable in the real world. We’ll also look at a number of mnemonic techniques that interpreters have used in the past. At the end of the workshop participants will be able to interpret 4-5 minute speeches without notes and without any great loss of content. But since memorisation is not a goal in itself we will also look at how to incorporate these memory techniques effectively into our consecutive note-taking to get best out of both our memory and our notes.
Consecutive with notes:
Over the last 20 years however a variety of empirical studies have shown that a structured and deliberate note-taking technique can improve consecutive interpreting. In this practical workshop we will revisit some of the fundamental techniques in note-taking and practice their use. Ideas, positioning on the page, margins, symbols and how to note less will all feature in the busy 2 day program. This workshop is aimed at professional interpreters who can, or have at some stage already been able to do consecutive, but are now a little rusty or looking to improve.
Trainer
Andrew Gillies is a freelance interpreter and AIIC member based in Paris and an interpreter trainer at ISIT (Paris) and MCI Glendon (Toronto). He has given CPD and for, amongst others, AIIC, ATA, ISIT, the EP and the ECJ. He is the author of several books about consecutive interpreting. In his first professional incarnation, Andy trained and taught as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language. Feedback has been the subject of training of trainers sessions given at ISIT and more regularly as part of the 3-day Consecutive Training of Trainers course which Andrew has run for AIIC and privately around the world since 2010.
If you require any specific accommodations to attend this training, please fill out our accessibility accommodation request form. A member of ATPD will then contact you to discuss the details of your request. While we cannot guarantee that the requested accommodation will be provided, we will work together with you to find a solution that will help you participate in the event.