Simultaneous Interpreting: Circumventing Cognitive Constrai

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Event	Simultaneous Interpreting: Circumventing Cognitive Constrai
When	Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Where	St. Mary's Hall 414
Event details
Details	The Faculty of Languages and Linguistics presents: ”Simultaneous Interpreting: Circumventing Cognitive Constraints” Prof. Dr. Barbara Moser-Mercer Tuesday, November 10, 4:00-5:30 pm St. Mary’s, Room 414 Barbara Moser-Mercer is Professor of conference interpreting and director of the Interpreting department at the Ecole de traduction et d’interprétation, University of Geneva. Her research focuses on cognitive aspects of the interpreting process and on the human performance dimension of skill development. She has co-developed the Virtualinstitute©, the first fully integrated virtual learning environment for interpreters, which she currently also leverages in partnership with ICRC and ILO for enhancing interpreting skills of interpreters working in zones of crisis and war. She is a member of the High Level Group on Multilingualism of EU Commissioner for Multilingualism, Leonard Orban, coordinates the European Masters in Conference Interpreting (www.emcinterpreting.org), a consortium of 18 European graduate programs in conference interpreting funded by the European Parliament and the European Commission. RSVP to Conor O’Regan (rco9@georgetown.edu) by November 8th
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Contact	Conor O'Regan rco9@georgetown.edu
Sponsors	Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
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