Thirty-five plus years as a staff interpreter at the European Commission. Decades of experience training future interpreters. Participation in more exam juries than you can shake a stick at. A razor-sharp wit that will leave you doubled over with laughter. Underneath it all, a kind heart. These are the qualities that have made internationally known […]
Later this week, I will make my way to Paris, France, for a few days. Now, I know you’re likely thinking, “Gee, Andrew leads a tough life.” But the truth of the matter is that this (unfortunately) won’t be a leisure trip for me. Instead, it will be all business. I will be representing both […]
Attention Mandarin speakers! Are you curious about the Master of Conference Interpreting at Glendon? Want to find out more about the program? And get some of your questions answered? Well, here’s your chance! Mandarin is one of our “high-demand languages”. There’s a strong market for it, and it’s the focus of more applicant inquiries than […]
The MCI is a multilingual program. We have seven working languages — Arabic, English, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish — and we try to give equal opportunities to all our students, regardless of their language combination. That said, there are sometimes challenges. Glendon as a whole is bilingual. Classes, meetings, and socialactivities here are […]
Regular readers of my blog know that I am not a big fan of long-form, conference-style consecutive. When I was an interpreter trainee, I did not get a lot of training in consecutive. And as a professional, I have not done that much consec either, as clients on the Canadian market tend to prefer simultaneous. […]
This week, classes start up again at the MCI after the holiday break. After a restful few weeks, it will be nice to get back into the swing of things, and to see our students once again. Still, if our current cohorts are like others before them, the atmosphere in both our online and onsite […]
This week, we hear from guest blogger and MCI instructor Zyad Mohammed. As he explains in his blog, Zyad is an active legal interpreter here in the Toronto area, and he teaches INTE 5725 Court Interpreting to our Arabic-speaking students. In many ways, his work is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Indeed, he recounts […]
This week, I’m featuring a guest post from recent MCI graduate Weiyu Peng. I find it particularly insightful. Fall-term classes have wrapped up at the MCI. When we come back in January, I’m willing to bet there will be a change of atmosphere in both our virtual and physical classrooms. This is because the end-of-the-year […]
If you are young and entering the job market, things can be tough. In the wake of the recession, the number of jobs is down, particularly for young people. When young people do find work, it’s often in jobs for which they are overqualified. (Interestingly, though, university grads still earn more money, and a degree […]
If you are a regular blog reader, you will have noticed that my posts have been a little less frequent lately. This is because I have had my fair share of travel this fall. My latest trip was to Brussels on November 13 and 14. The Glendon MCI was fortunate enough to be invited to […]
