2020 Alumni Achievement Awards: Celebrating Outstanding Citizenship
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Paulette Lynch, Temie Giwa-Tubosun, and Lefteris Kafatos are the 2020 recipients of the Middlebury Institute Alumni Achievement Awards.
Translation and Interpretation
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George Henson Translates Essay on Quarantine Life
Middlebury Institute Professor George Henson translated an essay by Bolivian author Edmundo Paz Soldán, entitled “Strange Times,” about life in Covid 19 quarantine, which was just published in World Literature Today.
Professor Henson’s literary translation featured at International Book Fair in Mexico City
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Middlebury Institute Professor George Henson presented his translation of Mexican novelist Alberto Chimal’s novel The Most Fragile Objects at the 41st annual Palacion de Minería International Book Fair in Mexico City in February.
Annual TILM Career Fair Draws Employers from Burgeoning Language Services Industry
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Students from the Translation, Interpretation, and Localization Management (TILM) degrees secure jobs and internships during busy week of career-related events at the Middlebury Institute.
Four Middlebury Institute Students Have Translations Published in Literary Journal
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Four Middlebury Institute students have translations published in the most recent issue of Latin American Literature Today.
Former Dean Moser-Mercer Awarded Prestigious Prize for Outstanding Service to Field of Interpretation
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Barbara Moser-Mercer, former Dean of the Middlebury Institute Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation (1993-1994) has been awarded the prestigious Danica Seleskovitch Prize.
Alumnus Miguel Garcia Awarded Interpreter of the Year By U.S. State Department
Middlebury Institute Conference Interpretation alumnus Miguel Garcia ‘14 was awarded the U.S. State Department Interpreter of the Year for 2020.
Words at Work
What does it take to be a translator and interpreter for a drug task force in New York City? Middlebury Institute alumna Lucía Falcón Palomar MATI ‘17 is featured in the Winter 2020 Communiqué.
Immersive Learning Spotlight: Samantha Vila - In the Jungle
Read all about Samantha Vila’s time in the Colombian Amazon where she interpreted for tourists while braving the unknown as she traveled throughout the jungle.
Current Translation and Interpretation Student Interprets at High Level Meetings
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Petal Gahlot, a second-year student in the Middlebury Institute’s translation and interpretation program recently interpreted at an official meeting of Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and French President Emmanuel Macron.