Virtual meeting of the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation faculty members with the University of Geneva

On May 3, the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation held a virtual meeting with the University of Geneva, which was focused on the preparation of the project “Modern Translation & Interpretation Technologies and Advanced Training for Conference Interpretation Trainers”. The meeting was also attended by MA students of the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation and the University of Geneva. It was also a sort of a virtual class for the students, because Olga Egorova, the Director of our School, was speaking Russian, while Manuela Motta, a professor of the University of Geneva, was speaking English, so that the students would have yet another opportunity to practise interpreting. Julia Nikitina and Alina Kireeva from the Caspian Higher School of Interpreting and Translation did the interpretation from Russian into English, while students from the University of Geneva interpreted from English into Russian. The rest of the Caspian Higher School students used that opportunity to master simultaneous interpretation skills by working in “dummy booths” and develop note-taking techniques.