Welcome to the NNI website, your first stop for information about interpreting, the skills involved, and how to go about pursuing an interpreting career. Our interactive section contains many resources, including the interpreting skills map. Find out what it takes to be a good interpreter and try out your own skills! There is also a wealth of additional information here, such as interviews with employers. Events are listed on the 'Students' tab, and links, reports from past events and videos of some of our excellent guest speakers can be found under 'For everyone'.
The NNI is part of the Routes into Languages project, and aims to raise awareness about careers with languages and interpreting in particular. See also the National Network for Translation. See the evaluators’ section to find out more about the project.
Our Training teachers of interpreting workshop took place on 9 November 2011 at the University of Leeds. Offered in partnership with LLAS, the session involved MFL tutors teaching, or interested in teaching, interpreting at undergraduate level.
With the growing demand for English mother-tongue interpreters in international organisations, many MFL departments are adding interpreting modules to their [...]
On 31 March, from 5-6:30pm, the National Network for Interpreting hosted a delegation of high profile representatives from the UN, OECD, ILO, African Union Commission and EU language services. The visitors spoke to language students about the varied work opportunities their organisations hold for linguists.
The was organised in collaboration with the Centre for Translation Studies [...]
For those who couldn’t attend the conference in Southampton, some excellent speakers were present; the NNI contribution along with all sessions can now be seen on the LLAS website.
With 2011 well under way, there is plenty to look forward to in the calender. Events include participation in the LLAS e-Learning Symposium (27, 28 Jan, University of Southampton), a chance to see interpreting in action with a new season of Interpreting Mock Conferences, plus Careers Days and postgraduate open evenings at partner institutions. See the events page or teachers’ events page [...]
The NNI has recently been featured in two notable journals. An article appeared in the Autumn 2010 edition of the Scottish Language Review, reporting on our 18 June trainer and teacher event, ‘Engaging Tomorrow’s Interpreters’ (see Event Highlights section for more on this). Shortly after this the network was featured with a two-page article in the Chartered Institute of Linguists publication, [...]
ALT-C is the largest annual e-learning event in the UK attended by the crème de la crème of instructional designers and learning technologists (more than 500 of them usually), so it really is a big deal.
You can imagine how proud the NNI project was to be present at ALT-C 2010 with three (yes, you have [...]
The National Network for Interpreting would like to thank all the members of the community who have voted for our entry in this year’s JORUM competition.
Our resource has been awarded a commended prize and will be presented live at ALT-C 2010 on Wed, 8 September, in a dedicated slot between 5.15 and 6 pm. Do [...]
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