Languages & Interpreters Required

Overall Figures (correct as of the 20/09/04)

There will be
 20 Rooms with simultaneous interpretation : 17 at the Alexandra Palace ( a large exhibition space/venue about 6km North from the Central London area) ; 3 in the "Bloomsbury" area, in the centre of London (all of the workshops will also be in Bloomsbury, though there is no interpretation at the workshops)
 There will now be 10 sessions in all : 4 on Friday, s on Saturday, 1 on Sunday. We estimate that around 512 interpreters will be required in total.

There will be 4 booths in each room, thus allowing 5 languages to be heard at any one time (the speaker’s language + 4). We will need EN as both source and target language in each booth. As where direct simultaneous interpretation will not be possible, we will usually be using the EN for the relay. For 20 rooms then, there will be a requirement for at least 80 interpreters with EN as the target language. We will be looking to develop 2 teams, to divide the work and facilitate the planning of the timetable

Our estimates at this stage (20/09/04), suggest that for DE, FR, ES and IT as target languages, between 50-70 interpreters will be needed (for each).

There will be some TR, EL, RU, PL, PT, AR, + several other languages. Though the precise details are still to be determined. The ESF Speakers Programme is now being finalised and by the 1st October, we hope to have a much clearer picture of the exact requirements.

Many of the interpreters have been selected, though there is still the need for more in some areas. Contact the babels coordination team, relevant to your A1 language, to find out more

More detailed information will be posted up shortly