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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.
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.
Co-founded by faculty members from three local higher education institutions, the Community Solutions Lab partners students with local non-profits and community leaders.
| 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.
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.
“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.
Students earning a professional certificate in Spanish community interpreting through a new, low-residency Middlebury Institute program only need to spend five days on site in Monterey.
More than 30 companies and organizations attended the Middlebury Institute Translation, Interpretation, and Localization Management (TILM) Career Fair held at the Monterey Marriott on February 15, 2019.
Over the past year, Institute alumni, students, and faculty have served as interpreters at some of the world’s most important global gatherings, from large events to intimate one-on-one meetings between heads of state.
The role and ethical obligations of diplomatic interpreters became the subject of intense interest following the summits President Donald Trump held with North Korean and Russian leaders.
