Monterey Forum to Host Leading Interpretation, Translation & Localization Professionals

On May 4-5, the Middlebury Institute will celebrate 50 years as a leading school for translation, interpretation, and localization professionals with a conference featuring keynote speakers including Dr. Yun-hyang Lee, the interpreter who was the only other American in the room when President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the two recent summit meetings. Dr. Lee, chief of the Interpreting Division and senior diplomatic interpreter at the U.S. Department of State, is a former Institute faculty member who founded the school’s Korean Translation and Interpretation program.