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 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.

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.

Participants may also be interested the « Consecutive note-taking » course running the immediately after this course, on 4th and 5th January. A 10% discount is available for colleagues taking both courses.

Practical information:

Date: 3rd Jan 09:30-18:00, 4th Jan 09:00-12:30

This seminar will be held in English.

Registration: memory@andrewgillies.eu

Minimum number of participants: 12
Maximum number of participants: 16

Cost of seminar: 258

Trainer:
Andy Gillies teaches at ISIT in Paris and Glendon in Toronto. He has also taught consecutive refreshers and training of trainers courses for the European Parliament, the European Court of Justice, and for AIIC and ATA and other professional associations.
He is author of 3 books: Consecutive Interpreting; Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting; and Conference Interpreting – A student’s practice book . He has also translated J-F. Rozan’s La Prise de Notes dans l’interprétation consécutive into English. Andy curates both the Interpreter Training Resources and the Interpreters CPD websites.

Location:
HOTEL 123 SEBASTOPOL
123, boulevard SEBASTOPOL
75002 PARIS
Central Paris, easy access
1km from Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est
Metro lines 4, 8 and 11 all nearby

Cancellation policy
The course will be confirmed when registration fees cover the costs of the course or cancelled at the latest on 19th December.
Participants withdrawing before confirmation of the course will be refunded.
If the course is cancelled all participants will be refunded.
If a participant cancels after the course has been confirmed the course fee can only be refunded if costs are still covered.

Photo rights
Andy Gillies reserves the right to use photos taken during the course for promotional purposes. Anyone who does not want their image used in this way is invited to mention this to in an email or at the start of the course and photos in which they can be identified will not be made public.