Preparation

Preparation tips

Tips to help interpreters prepare for your meeting

Preparation tips – AIIC

Annotating the text of a speech for SIM – Rowland Palairet

Know thy speaker! Claudia Monacelli

Preparation for an interpreting assignment : Barbara Dumara. EMCI lecture

EMCI lecture on preparation for assignments

EMCI Przygotowanie do tłumaczenia ustnego

¿Cómo preparar una reunión?
The Eloquent Detective – Dick Fleming
How to prepare and research for an interpreting assignment – Susanne Birker-Guillen

Meeting Preparation: Then and Now – Mary FONS I FLEMING

A sense of Situation in Conference Interpreting – Christopher ThiéryDownload

Preparation tips – Valerie Taylor Bouladon

The Interpretation Station


Meeting preparation in conference interpreting – Isabel Jimenez-Ugarte, European Parliament

Activation

Activation is an important part of preparation and one that is often overlooked by student interpreters. Here are some ideas for you.

Activation exercises

How do you study and memorise your terminology for conferences?

6 steps to activate language

Flashcards (digital or analogue)

Glossaries

General advice on glossary building

General reference

CIA factbook

BBC country profiles

European Parliament Fact Sheets

European Parliamentary Research Service (Google EPRS + topic)

Howstuffworks.com

The Khan Academy

the very multi-lingual WIKIpedia

Google as a dictionary 1

Google as a dictionary 2

Using Google as a dictionary 3