Four new University student interpreters pass Brussels test

Four new student interpreters have passed the European Commission (EC) and European Parliament (EP) inter-institutional accreditation tests held in Brussels after a one-year course organised by the University’s Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies.

The new interpreters will soon start work with EU institutions and will join the other 30 interpreters who were also trained at the University.

The interpreting course was made possible through course director Joseph Eynaud’s contacts with EC and EP interpreting department officials. Peter Mifsud, head of the EC Maltese Interpreting Unit,monitored the course in Malta and sent expert interpreters to help in its running with EC and EP sustaining costs through grants.

For the first time, student translators are on a part-time traineeship with Maltese Translation Agency, EurisConsult.

The Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies offers full-time postgraduate day courses leading to a diploma and Masters for those wishing to study translation or interpreting studies with two main languages – Maltese and English – and one passive language from French, Italian, Spanish or German.