The 5 best tips for working with interpreters (17/25)
13 januari 2020 /
Marielle van der Coelen
25 years of EWC directive, 25 years of EWC Service
The 5 best tips for working with interpreters in your EWC meeting.
- Send the PowerPoints to the interpreters before the meeting
- Have a structured meeting
- Ask the word by raising your hands
- The chairperson gives the floor
- Let the speaker and interpreters finish before you start talking
- Speak well towards the microphone with sufficient volume in a normal speed
- Be careful with jokes, metaphors and wordplay
- Articulate very well numbers and names to avoid phonetic deviations
Mariëlle van der Coelen, EWC trainer and advisor
