Rediscovering Asia (The East Asia Practicum)
Emily Laur recounts her experience in Tokyo and Beijing as part of the East Asia Practicum offered over spring break.
Translation and Interpretation
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Translating and Interpreting in Peruvian Amazon
As part of her degree in translation, Valeria Piña Fonseca went to the Peruvian Amazon during winter break to help Amazon Ecolodge translate documents about the living conditions of the local communities, like the Bora community in the picture.
Balcom Teaches at Bread Loaf Translators' Conference
Middlebury Institute Professor John Balcom taught a multi-genre translation workshop at the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference in Vermont this summer.
Recent Graduate Wins Runner-Up in Simultaneous Interpretation Grand Prix
Alumna Masako Fukutani MATI ‘19 won runner up in the Student Division of the Japan Association of Conference Interpreters 2019 Simultaneous Interpretation Grand Prix.
MIIS Alumni and Faculty Interpret at Milestone Event in Las Vegas
Middlebury Institute alumni and/or faculty collaborated at a milestone conference interpreting event in Las Vegas recently.
Seven Students Selected for WIPO Fellowship in Geneva 2019
At least seven Middlebury Institute students have been offered a summer fellowship at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization and the Institute recently renewed their decade-old memorandum of understanding (MOU).
Student Wins World Literature Today Translation Contest
Second-year student Samantha Vila MATI ’19 won World Literature Today’s student translation contest with her translation of a short story by Peruvian author Gunter Silva.
Love at Trial about Hate: Grandparents of Alumna Met as Interpreters at Nuremburg Tribunal
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Leo and Helga Katz, Holocaust survivors and grandparents of Middlebury Institute alumna Evelyn Lueker MAIEM ’18, are featured in a campus exhibit on the interpreters at the Nuremberg trials.
Institute Hosts UN Conference with Partner Translation & Interpretation Programs
| by Jason Warburg
The 2019 UN MoU Universities Conference brought representatives of translation and interpretation programs and UN staff members from around the world together in Monterey for a two-day gathering on the Institute campus.
Monterey Forum to Host Leading Interpretation, Translation & Localization Professionals
| by Jason Warburg
Language services professionals including Dr. Yun-Hwang Lee, interpreter at the recent U.S.-North Korea summits, will appear at a conference celebrating 50 years of translation, interpretation, and localization instruction at the Middlebury Institute on May 4-5.