Bodies including EU Commission and Parliament offer career opportunities for Irish interpreters and translators
expo as they seek to tempt Irish students to head for Brussels for a career in interpretation when they complete their degrees.. Its conference interpreters ensure discussions held at meetings are correctly interpreted into an official language of the EU, using either simultaneous or consecutive interpreting.
Hanna-Liisa Glaser, spokeswoman for the Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences at the European Parliament, said the stand at Higher Options will aim to “promote interpretation as a profession”.and the Court of Justice of the EU,” she said. “We will have two interpreter colleagues there to meet people who might potentially be interested in a career in languages.”
“A union that has 27 member states and 24 different languages could not function without interpreters and translators,” said Ms Glaser. “It is down to the main principle that every language is equal. Every member of parliament is equal and is entitled to speak their mother tongue in the parliament. “Most start off working as freelance interpreters for the institutions and then can become staff members through an open competition if there is a need for staff members.”
“There is a lot of preparation that goes in but it is very exciting and versatile and, for people who love languages, it is extremely rewarding because not only do you need to know the language, but you need to know the culture .” While the EU institutions’ stand at Higher Options will focus on interpretation, it will be able provide information about translation as well.
Working to some strict deadlines, the job may involve translating a broad range of political, legal, financial, scientific and technical texts, as well as providing wide-ranging linguistic advice to colleagues. The salary ranges from €27,000-€54,000 per year, depending on experience. A “critical period” lies ahead for the Government to strengthen the language rights of the Irish language community, an Coimisinéir Teanga Séamas Ó Concheanainn said in recent months.
“That is really important in ensuring people in Gaeltacht areas survive and thrive and continue into the future. If they can’t depend on their own State to provide services to them in their own native language, we are in a bad situation. “We believe the education system needs to change,” he said. “Competency is going to be based on the European common framework of languages, which is basically a skills-based system that is being used more and more throughout Europe.
People have never been more proud of the language, and there are less inhibitions with using it publicly, which can only be a good thing“We want to make is possible for anybody to achieve that level, whether they do it in school or after school, or even if they are not in formal education, that you would have opportunities to learn the language,” Mr de Spáinn said.
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