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The US Department of State, known for its exacting translation and interpreting standards, invites independent contractors to apply for blanket purchase agreements to start October 1, 2021.
New survey examines how work has changed for over 850 conference interpreters due to Covid-19 pandemic. In short: less work, fewer clients, higher expectations.
Newly appointed Director-General of the DG SCIC on plans to improve conferencing tools, equipment at the European Commission; and reaching out to contract interpreters affected by the pandemic.
Conference interpreters in Belgium see income cut in half due to Covid. Belgian linguist group CBTI-BKVT lobbies government to include interpreters in financial relief grants.
European Commission to honor long-term interpreter contracts until December 2020. Parliament continues terminating contracts; sets up paid online learning scheme to soften blow.
LSP Translated says automatic speech translation prototype to be delivered to Parliament within 12 months with two other solutions. EU to name best-performing solution official tool for two years.
Have EU contract interpreters gotten a fair deal? Who has ever used the Google Translator Toolkit? How’s business for LSPs and freelancers? Is Apple’s Translate app a big deal?
Contract interpreters rally in front of Parliament to draw attention to their dissatisfaction over EU’s offer of a “mitigating measure" as bookings vanished in light of Covid-19.
As institutional interpretation work vanishes, auxiliary conference interpreters call EU mitigation offer “unworthy of a public entity.” EU staff interpreters set up emergency solidarity fund.
European Language Industry Survey 2020 reveals what’s top of mind for language service providers and freelancers amid current coronavirus crisis.
Association of Language Companies President says simply turning independent contractors into employees sans smart legislation is “wildly inefficient and financially untenable.”
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