English Booth2

Dear all,

Following the selection criteria adopted by Babels-uk for the selection of the English booth, we have contacted interpreters in a 1st and 2nd rounds of selection : If you want to consult the criteria again, go to http://www.babels.org/a516.html or on the forum http://www.babels.org/forum/viewtopic.php ?t=693

We have added to these criteria full availability for the whole ESF and at least having 2 languages on the top of English, except for the minority languages cases.

In the first round of selection, Babels-uk selected :

 2 occasional interpreters with the following linguistic combination

Bulgarian and Polish who did the sitprep ok and who are now selected

 5 professional, 7 experienced interpreters with the following linguistic combinations :

3 with Russian 2 with Arabic (one is not confirmed yet) 1 with Romanian 3 with Greek 1 with Slovak 1 with Czech 1 with Swahili, French and English (not confirmed yet)

In the second round of selection, Babels-uk selected :

 5 first experience interpreters (1 with Polish, 3 with Greek, 1 with Arabic) are currently doing a sitprep

 31 professional and 35 experienced interpreters with the following linguistic combinations :

ES/FR : 24 IT with either FR or ES : 15 DE with either FR or ES : 20 RU : 2 EL : 1

Interpreters have been emailed privately for their data and availability to be checked before their names and contact are given to Babels-el for transport arrangements.

These two rounds of selection would bring us to a total of 85 interpreters approximately. When all these people are selected and their files sent to babels-el, we will hopefully know a bit more about the programme and the configuration of the booths and see if a last and third round of selection is necessary for the English booth.

Please, do not hesitate to comment on this on the forum : http://www.babels.org/forum/viewtopic.php ?t=693

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