La police japonaise autorise les interprètes à intervenir par téléphone lors des interrogatoires des suspects étrangers. La mesure est prise car les crimes impliquant des ressortissants étrangers sont en augmentation dans tout le pays.

Près de 4200 policiers et agents parlant des langues étrangères et environ 9600 interprètes du secteur privé participent en personne aux interrogatoires et signent les dépositions.

Mais la police est confrontée à la nécessité de réagir rapidement en cas d’urgence et de faire appel à des interprètes spécialisés dans les langues rares.

L'Agence nationale de police a modifié ses règles d'enquête criminelle pour permettre aux interprètes vivant dans des zones reculées de fournir leurs services à distance.

En principe, ils sont tenus d’interpréter en personne s’ils le peuvent.

The annual award honours outstanding translations of literary worksinto the 24 Indian languages recognised by the akademi. Books published between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023, are eligible.

The akademi encourages translators, publishers, and literary enthusiasts to submit one copy of the translated work along with the duly filled application form. The deadline for the submission is May 31, 2025, said a release.

The prize recognises and promotes literary exchange across Indian languages by honouring translators who bring regional masterpieces to a wider audience, the release added.

For detailed guidelines, eligibility criteria, and the application form, interested individuals can visit the akademi’s website: www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in.

Un nouveau site pour les langues à l’ONU | Nations Unies

Découvrez désormais le nouveau site Web des langues de l’ONU, votre ressource d’apprentissage incontournable pour communiquer efficacement dans les six langues officielles de l’ONU.

Développé par le Service du renforcement des capacités et de la formation opérationnelle (CDOTS), la nouvelle plateforme est destinée aux apprenants et aux enseignants de langues, aux gestionnaires de l'apprentissage et à toute personne impliquée ou intéressée par le multilinguisme.

Rejoignez cette communauté grandissante d’utilisateurs pour :

      - Découvrir les normes linguistiques et les outils d’évaluation pour évaluer votre niveau ONU

      - Explorer des cours et des ateliers allant de l’acquisition générale d’une langue aux compétences de communication spécialisées

      - Accéder à des options d’apprentissage en ligne flexibles adaptées à vos besoins

      - Trouver des supports d’auto-apprentissage et des ressources supplémentaires alignés sur les thèmes prioritaires de l’ONU, notamment les ODD et les stratégies de communication incluant la langue

      - Découvrir des solutions de formation personnalisées dans les six langues officielles de l’ONU pour les équipes et les départements de l’ensemble du système des Nations Unies

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD) has acknowledged the shortage of court interpreters and is working on strategic initiatives to tackle the problem. 

This comes after the South Africa Registered Court Translators & Interpreters (SARCTI) highlighted the significant shortage of interpreters — both in sign language and spoken languages — and sworn translators within the South African judiciary. They said the matter necessitates an urgent strategic overhaul.

The issue was first brought to the public’s attention back in 2022 when the Public Service Commission (PSC) commissioner Anele Gxoyiya lamented the general lack of sign language interpreters working in the government, but did not give a complete account of the issue.

The lack of court interpreters has also made headlines when cases were repeatedly delayed due to not having interpreters.

The PSC was contacted to provide an update on this, but redirected inquiries to the DoJCD.

Even Parliament has felt the need for more interpreting services as the issue was raised last year when MPs wanted interpretation services not only on request at the meetings of the portfolio committees.

Meta-owned popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, is now reportedly testing a new ‘message translation’ feature in its Android beta version 2.25.12.25. As the name suggests, this feature enables users to translate chat messages and channel updates directly within the app, according to a report by WABetaInfo.

It clearly aims to enhance cross-language communication while maintaining user privacy. Speaking of the working process, translations are processed locally on the user’s device, ensuring that message data is not sent to external servers.

To use this feature, users must download specific language packs – supported languages currently include Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese (Brazil), Hindi, and Russian. Even an optional language pack is also available for automatic detection of the message language, which is particularly useful in multilingual group chats.

Interestingly, users can activate the translation feature on a per-chat basis through the chat settings, allowing for automatic translation of incoming messages. Alternatively, individual messages can be translated manually by selecting the ‘Translate’ option.

UNITAR - United Nations Interpreters’ course on “Working in a Multilingual Environment"

This course was designed by the interpreters of the United Nations to equip speakers with the key skills they need to make the best possible use of the powerful tool that is interpretation.

Using plain language and video illustrations, this course will cover all the necessary linguistic and technical steps to make your interaction with the interpreters, and their ability to convey your message fully and faithfully to a multilingual audience, as fruitful, smooth, and productive as possible.

Key information:

• This part-time, online course takes place between 24 March - 27 April 2025.
• The course is free of charge. 
• The course is available in all six UN languages; Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian. 
• The registration deadline is 20 March 2025.

Register now by clicking on the following link: 

Registration is now open for the sixth edition of the European Colloquium on Gender and Translation. This international event has explored gender in translation and interpreting through an intersectional lens. Early bird registration available until April 30, 2025.

Since 2016, the European Colloquium on Gender and Translation has been periodically offering an overview of the latest trends in translation and interpreting research and practice in its interaction with gender, with gatherings in Valencia, Naples, Valencia, Bergamo and Ferrara.

By placing an emphasis on intersectionality, the 6th edition of this Colloquium in Barcelona proposes to overcome traditional approaches to gender as a monolithic entity, to embrace more nuanced understandings of gender as a multidimensional category that necessarily intersects with other layers of oppression and discrimination such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, (dis)ability, age, class or religion, to name a few. 

Date :  03/04/2025

Lieu : Bibliothèque Germaine Tillion, 6 rue du Commandant Schlœsing | Paris

Modalités : Gratuit

La bibliothèque Octavio Paz de l'Instituto Cervantes de Paris et la bibliothèque Germaine Tillion de la Ville de Paris vous invitent à l'atelier de traduction proposé par ATLAS (association pour la promotion de la traduction littéraire) le jeudi 3 avril de 18h à 20h.

Avec Hélène Serrano, les participants seront invités — à l’aide d’un mot-à-mot ou d’un lexique — à explorer un extrait de l’œuvre de Carlos Bardem. Pendant deux heures, le groupe des traducteurs d’un jour se mettra à l’écoute du texte original pour se l’approprier et aboutir à une ou plusieurs traductions.

L'atelier se clôturera par la lecture et des échanges des versions et trouvailles du groupe. Des personnes de tous niveaux d’espagnol, y compris débutants, peuvent participer. Au deuxième semestre 2025, une nouvelle séance se déroulera à la Biblioteca Octavio Paz de l'Instituto Cervantes, située au 11 avenue Marceau dans le 16earrondissement. Uniquement sur réservation en écrivant à bibliotheque.germaine-tillion@paris.fr

Vacancy: Interpreter (Farsi or Arabic to English) at the Boat Refugee Foundation (BRF)

Do you have experience with interpreting and can you translate consultations between clients and professionals? Then this vacancy might be something for you.

On Lesvos, Boat Refugee Foundation works with a team of local interpreters with a refugee background. The interpreters support both the medical and psychosocial programmes and interpret consultations and group sessions from their language, Arabic (Fosha, Sudanese, Yemeni, or the Levantine dialect is preferred) or Farsi, to English and vice versa.

To lighten the workload on the interpreting team, they are looking for interpreters who can help to interpret MHPSS and medical consultations. Most of the people who live in the camp do not speak English.

As an interpreter, you’ll function as a bridge between the professional and the client. The psychological and medical consultations might cover difficult subjects and can be emotionally strenuous for you as an interpreter. Therefore,  a high level of sensitivity,  professionnality, and stability will be needed from you.

Visit the following page for more about this opportunity: https://bootvluchteling.nl/en/jobs/interpreter-lesvos/

The Interior Ministry - Czech Republic is preparing an amendment to the foreigners’ law that would allow the authorities to use AI instead of human interpreters in asylum proceedings.

Interpreters have protested against the idea, warning of the uncertain quality of such tools, but refugee aid organizations welcome the change, saying that it promises greater objectivity in the procedure.

Participants in the asylum procedure will have the right to refuse a machine translation, but in that case they will have to arrange for a court interpreter and cover the costs of the service.

More info here: https://english.radio.cz/interior-ministry-wants-use-ai-translations-asylum-proceedings-8843068

Annonce des lauréats du concours de traduction «Juvenes Translatores» 2024 de l'UE

La Commission européenne annonce aujourd'hui les 27 lauréats de la 18e édition du concours de traduction qu'elle organise pour les élèves de l'enseignement secondaire, Juvenes Translatores.

3070 participants enthousiastes se sont essayés à la traduction d'un texte en optant pour la combinaison linguistique de leur choix parmi les 24 langues officielles de l'UE.

Si l'anglais occupe une place importante, les 144 combinaisons linguistiques choisies par les élèves de 713 écoles des 27 États membres comprenaient également des combinaisons telles que polonais-portugais, slovène-danois et roumain-finnois, entre autres.

Les traducteurs de la Commission européenne ont sélectionné un lauréat par pays de l'UE. En outre, 341 élèves se sont vu décerner des mentions spéciales pour leur travail impressionnant. Piotr Serafin, commissaire au budget, à la lutte antifraude et à l'administration publique, a félicité les lauréats et a également remercié tous les participants et leurs enseignants pour leur enthousiasme. Il a ajouté un message sur l'importance de l'apprentissage des langues.

La cérémonie de remise des prix se tiendra à Bruxelles le 10 avril prochain. 

20ème semaine nationale du bilinguisme : le MINAT célèbre la diversité culturelle et linguistique du Cameroun

Le Ministère de l’Administration Territoriale (MINAT) a célébré la diversité culturelle et linguistique du Cameroun lors de la 20ème Semaine Nationale du Bilinguisme, marquée par un « challenge day » et une foire gastronomique.

Le mercredi 5 février 2025, la deuxième journée des festivités a été animée par un concours évaluant la maîtrise du français pour les personnels anglophones et de l’anglais pour les francophones.

Organisé par la Division de la traduction et de la promotion du bilinguisme (DTPB), sous la direction de Dr Luther Werebesi, cet événement a rassemblé des agents des sous-préfectures de Yaoundé et des professionnels de la traduction, visant à promouvoir l’utilisation des deux langues officielles du Cameroun.

En parallèle, une foire gastronomique a été tenue dans le hall principal du MINAT, offrant aux participants la chance de déguster des plats variés représentant les richesses culinaires des différentes régions du Cameroun. Cette initiative a mis en lumière la diversité gastronomique du pays, tout en favorisant la cohésion sociale et le partage culturel entre les participants.

DAI is looking for an English-Amharic Translator specialist in Finance - Ethiopia

Project: Service Contract for Technical Facility Unit (TFU) for the EU Support to Public Finance Management Reforms in Ethiopia (EUSPRE)

The European Union is supporting the Government of Ethiopia through the EUSPRE public financial management (PFM) project. The EUSPRE Technical Facility Unit (TFU) provides oversight of the EUSPRE programme and specifically support and capacity building support to the Federal government’s PFM Reforms program.

The Objective of the assignment is PBB Manuals and Training Modules to be available to the MoF in Amharic;

Profile required

- Translation qualifications (English to Amharic and Amharic to English) - Relevant University Degree;
- Minimum 5 year’s experience in technical translation from English to Amharic and Amharic to English for the Ethiopian public sector and international organisations and development partner agencies operating in Ethiopia.

If you are interested kindly register here and submit a CV in English, indicating field (s) of expertise and experience ASAP, not later then 11 February 2025. 

Link: https://etcareers.com/jobs/urgent-english-amharic-translator-specialist-in-finance-47d0e9f8

Bridging language gaps between families is a reality for a lot of children of immigrants in America. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 11 million children in the U.S. act as interpreters and translators for their parents.

Olivia Abtahi tackles this often-overlooked topic of kid translators in her picture book debut, "The Interpreter," out on Jan. 21.

Illustrated by Monica Arnaldo, the book follows Cecilia, a young girl who serves as the interpreter for her Spanish-speaking parents.

She helps them communicate at the hairdresser, the accountant's office and the grocery store, all while trying to be a regular, soccer-playing kid. Inevitably, Cecilia realizes she's struggling to juggle both her translation duties on top of her normal kid duties.

Purchase the book at the following link: https://www.amazon.com/Interpreter-Olivia-Abtahi/dp/0593620445?tag=hereandnowbooks-20

A hot mic caught a German interpreter's moment of impatience during live coverage of Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.

As the president delivered his speech, an interpreter for German TV channel Phoenix—seemingly unaware his microphone was still on—was heard asking his colleagues, "Tell me, how long do you want to stay with this s–t?"

The faux pas occurred after Trump's 30-minute inaugural address in the Capitol Rotunda, during a less formal speech to an overflow crowd in Emancipation Hall. Trump spoke for slightly longer than he had in his initial address, to what he described as a "younger, far more beautiful audience."

Phoenix, known for its coverage of political events, has not yet released an official statement regarding the incident.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, led by Mark Zuckerberg, has developed an artificial intelligence model called SEAMLESSM4T, which incorporates several innovations and surpasses existing models.

This system is capable of performing translations in multiple languages, both from and to text and from and to audio, as well as all their combinations.

The SEAMLESSM4T model, developed by Meta's AI division, FAIR, is an evolution of its previous model presented in August 2023 and aims to achieve a "Babel Fish" by helping to translate speech between any two languages, reported El Faro de Vigo.

This advancement brings the concept of instantaneous universal translation closer to reality.

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