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2022 Competitive Examination for Arabic Interpreters, P2/P3, P3Job Code Title:INTERPRETER, ARABIC

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The United Nations has announced a competitive examination for Arabic Interpreters and Chinese Interpreters. Successful candidates may be stationed at United Nations Headquarters in New York, or the UN Offices in Geneva, Nairobi or Vienna, or, where applicable, in the UN regional commissions in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut or Santiago. Please note, additionally, that the exam for Arabic interpreters will also be used to identify suitable candidates for short-term assignments (generally referred to as ‘freelancers’ in the profession) at the UN’s various duty stations. [...]

Encourager l’usage de l’anglais pour mieux apprendre le français

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Chantal Mayer-Crittenden, orthophoniste et professeure à l’Université Laurentienne, explique qu’encourager l’usage de l’anglais et d’autres langues dans les écoles de langue française au Canada pourrait permettre aux élèves de mieux apprendre le français : c’est le principe du translangage… Pour éviter l’assimilation, il faut que la prise de conscience s’opère chez les élèves avec qui il faut parler ouvertement des enjeux que représente l’apprentissage d’une langue minoritaire, ajoute Mme Mayer-Crittenden. Mais les résultats d’apprentissage suivant le principe du translangage pédagogique ont donné de très bons résultats au Pays basque espagnol et en Irlande.” [...]

Translation: The fifth language skill no one tells you about | The Japan Times

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In metaglossia, the same claim is factored in from the onset; precisely because from this perpective, translation/interpreting is first and foremost viewed as a metaglossic (or metalinguistic) skill, a reformulation activity, be it intralingual, interlingual, intersemiotic or otherwise, so long as the reformulation results in communicating exactly the same information. [...]

Being intentional about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the metaverse

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“For people who speak or read languages like English and German, the internet offers endless possibilities. But many people who speak only an unwritten or nondominant language are cut off. Today’s translation tools typically use English as an intermediary when translating between two different languages, which can be less accurate than direct translation. They also aren’t capable of translating speech in one language to speech or writing in another.” Metaverse plans to break down all language barriers… [...]

Do not leave languages in the hands of… computer engineers (cf. C. Tiayon @SCIC21) – | Winds and Breezes

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“….a tweet linked to a comment made by Charles Tiayon at the #SCIC21 interpreter training conference…. …we keep hearing how great computers are at some task but when you drill down, it is because monumental assumptions and allowances have been made….” #metaglossia note: timely reminder, as all gear up to celebrate, on 21 February, the 2022 International Mother Language Day on the theme “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities” [...]