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Interpreters on the fringes of society
coping with emotions and ensuring language access

This event took place on 28th February 2020 at 9:45am (09:45 GMT)

This event will bring together interpreters, psychotherapists, charity workers and academics, to discuss (1) how charities can collaborate effectively with interpreters working with vulnerable populations, and (2) how interpreters can cope with highly-charged emotional interactions.

This event will draw on the applicants’ research in the areas of interpreting and emotional processing in order to disseminate and exploit information on coping mechanisms and ethical interpreting practices with volunteer linguists working with charities, and invite reflections from a wide range of participants who are involved in the provision of interpreting services for vulnerable citizens on the fringes of society for whom English is not their first language.

To this end, the event will include presentations with invited speakers (e.g. psychotherapist, interpreter, researcher) and opportunities for informal discussions and reflections from participants. The hope is to create wider awareness and understanding of this type of work and to provide participants with resources that they can make use of and benefit from when working in these culturally and linguistically sensitive contexts.


The webcast was open to 1500 users