A Public Service Interpreting and Translation Conference will be held at the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh on 19-21 March 2005. The theme of the conference is ‘Breaking Down the Barriers: A Team Effort’.
The conference is said to be of interest to:
? Policy-makers with an interest in social inclusion and equality of access for people from minority and ethnic backgrounds
? People responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of services to multilingual / multi-cultural groups
? People working in public service sectors: legal system and immigration, health care, local government (social work, housing, education, environmental health?), cross-cultural survey work, etc.
? Organisations in the voluntary and not-for-profit sector offering support to minority language groups (including Deaf Communities)
? Public Service Interpreters & Translators (practitioners, trainees and students)
? Sign Language/spoken language Interpreters (practitioners, trainees and students)
? Trainers of public service & sign language interpreters & translators
? Researchers in the fields of interpreting, translating, linguistics, cross-cultural communication and anthropology
Further details available to download: Flyer, Registration Information, and an Application Form