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.
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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.
Institute Students, Faculty Collaborate with Local Peers in Community Solutions Lab
Co-founded by faculty members from three local higher education institutions, the Community Solutions Lab partners students with local non-profits and community leaders.
Three Institute Students Excel in UN Translation Contest
| by Eva Gudbergsdottir
Middlebury Institute Translation and Interpretation students Magdalena Kotzurek and Matthew Ross won first prize in the prestigious United Nations St. Jerome’s Translation Contest, and Translation student Rachel Echeto won Honorable Mention.
Students Conduct Field Research in East Asia During Spring Break
Twenty-three students conducted field research into a variety of topics related to their interests during a spring break trip to Tokyo and Beijing as part a semester-long Middlebury Institute seminar on East Asia’s foreign policy, trade, and security issues.
In Memoriam: Translation and Interpretation Pioneer Bill Wood
| by Jason Warburg
“For decades, our simultaneous interpretation program could not have functioned without Bill Wood’s expertise,” said Laura Burian MATI ’95, dean of the Institute’s Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education.