Professional resources and links
Sectoral agreements
United Nations, European Union, GUFs, etc.:
Agreement Sector
AIIC documents
Rules of Procedure, Regulations
AIIC Switzerland documents
Règlement régional de la Région Suisse
Réglement financier de la Région Suisse
RSI – remote simultaneous interpreting
In this section, AIIC Switzerland wants to provide you with some relevant information on RSI.
- Microphone study of AIIC’s Technical and Health Committee now available: THC MIC Study
- Technical report – Measurement of acoustic parameters in teleconferencing systems (Zoom and Interactio), 28 Nov. 2021, commissioned by the THC to Prof. Ing. Angelo Farina
- Good sound please! Article “The RSI Sound Myth-Buster: Ten Misconceptions that Result in RSI Sounding Terrible ” and video with Andrea Caniato (Oct. 2022)
- AIIC Staff Interpreters’ Committee Resolution regarding auditory health, Sept. 22
- Resolution on Sound Quality, EU interpreters, September 2022
- Kilian Seeber: When less is more: Sound quality in remote interpreting,, 1 Sept. 2022, UNtoday. View Article
- Slator.com: Some UN Interpreters Push Back Hard Against Remote Interpretation
- UNtoday: Why remote interpretation doesn’t work for interpreters, 1 June 2022
- Slator.com: EU Interpreters Suspend Remote Interpreting Services
- Jumping the Gun with RSI, Etienne vn Dam, February 2022
- UN Geneva Rseources for Remote Simultaneous Interpretation
AIIC RSI Template for Contractual Disclaimer and Liability Clauses and/or Contract Addendum (June 2020)
UN-Sector Position Paper on DI from hub / AIIC-UN Negotiation Delegation (June 2020)
AIIC Switzerland Reference guide to RSI (May 2020)
AIIC – Interpreter-Checklist (May 2020)
UN-Sector position paper on DI in extremis from home / AIIC-UN Negotiating Delegation (April 2020)
AIIC best practices for interpreters during the Covid-19 crisis (March 2020)
AIIC Covid-19 Intro – Distance Interpreting Recommendations for Institutions (March 2020)
AIIC Technical Study RSI (February 2019)
AIIC Guidelines for Distance Interpreting (1.0) (January 2019)
AIIC Position on Distance Interpreting (2018) (March 2018)
Comparison of RSI plateforms (in French, Chambre belge des traducteurs et interprètes (CBTI))
Presentation: Thoughts on DI (04.04.20 – TFDI, AIIC Canada)
Presentation: DI – Bonnes et mauvaises pratiques (04.04.2020, Kathleen Ratel, AIIC Canada)
Presentation: RSI audio scenarios (04.04.2020, Jean Marc Larivière, AIIC Canada)
Presentation: DI – A Nuremberg Moment for our Time (18.01.2015, Andrew Constable, AIIC TFDI)
Video: The Basics: remote interpreting in the CoVid 19 World – do’s & don’t’s
Video: Acoustic shock. Protection now! Video. David Violet
e-Bulletin
- AIIC CH e-bulletin n°7, December 2020
- AIIC CH e-bulletin n°6, July 2020
- AIIC CH e-bulletin n°5, May 2020
- AIIC CH e-bulletin n°4, January 2020
- AIIC CH e-bulletin n°3, September 2019
- AIIC CH e-bulletin n°2, July 2019
- AIIC CH e-bulletin n°1, May 2019
History of the profession
and Interpreter Zero by Christine Adams
Pension funds for interpreters
AIIC encourages freelance interpreters to consider their pension and social-security needs, even if far in the future. These are two funds established by interpreters for interpreters.
Pension Fund CPIT; CPIT’s Website
Interesting blogs and resources
Interpreting explained – Video
A word in your ear – Youtube channel
Terminology resources
IATE – the EU database (all official languages)
Termium – database of the Canadian Government