Event title: Healthcare for Children
Client: The Human Rights Ombudswoman of the Republic of Slovenia
Service provider: The Alkemist Translation Company
Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, Europe, saw the gathering of eminent guests, participants at the international conference entitled Healthcare for Children. The audience is first addressed by Dr Zdenka Čebasek – Travnik, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia. Smiles on the participants’ faces. The participants understand each other.
How is this possible? The client has provided simultaneous interpretation of the event into three languages. Simultaneous interpretation is done within the booths allowing the participants to hear the translation over their headphones and portable receivers. Interpreting a language combination always requires two interpreters who take turns every 15 to 20 minutes, in line with interpretation standards. The technical personnel of the Alkemist Translation Company have equipped the hall with loudspeakers and the most advanced simultaneous interpretation equipment available. The European Community has prescribed high standards and requirements for this field. The Audipack soundproof interpretation booths are made in compliance with the ISO 4043 standard. They were the reason why participants heard Alkemist’s interpreters in the three interpretation booths only over their headphones.
The area where the interpretation was carried out was equipped with loudspeakers and microphones, with the technical personnel constantly making sure that everything ran smoothly throughout the entire meeting. There were six interpreters in the booths, for the Slovenian-English, the English-Croatian and the Slovenian-Croatian language combinations. After two days of interpretation, the interpreters and participants said goodbye to each other with smiles on their faces. The speakers’ words and intended meanings were therefore properly conveyed by the interpreters to the listeners – the most important aspect of interpretation.
It was proven again that speakers sound as good and convincing as the interpreters in the booths.
