International Association of Conference Interpreters
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The International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC – Association internationale des interprètes de conférence) was founded in 1953. It represents over 2,800 members present in over 90 countries.
The association has a strict admissions procedure based on a peer review system, intended to guarantee high-quality interpreting and professionalism. Candidates must be sponsored by interpreters who have been AIIC members for at least five years. AIIC members are required to abide by the association’s code of ethics and its professional standards.
AIIC liaises with a number of international organisations (e.g., the EU and the United Nations) and negotiates the working conditions for all of their interpreters, including non-members. The goals of the AIIC are to secure acceptable working conditions for interpreters, to ensure professional interpretation, and to raise public awareness of the interpreting profession. It is also involved in other areas of the profession, such as:
- programmes for young conference interpreters;
- continuing professional development;
- standardisation;
- new technologies in conference interpretation; and
- "preservation of World Linguistic Heritage".[1]
AIIC issues a webzine named Communicate!.
External links
References
- ^ AIIC Declaration on the Preservation of World Linguistic Heritage.
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