Interpreting skills

Practice Groups

This is a list of active practice groups. For recorded practice speeches try our sister site ITR

The Booth Club

IPG practice network

Toronto Interpreters Practice

Working with a practice partner – Sophie Llewellyn-Smith

London Interpreters Practice Group

About 2 Practice Groups

REPRIS Madrid

AmeriVox: Grupo de práctica de las Américas

im Tandem Ueben – AIIC DE

APRAC Asian Languages Practice Group

Terps’ Practice Network

Peer practice intensives

WISE workshops

About WISE (by a participant)

Co Lab intensive – Toronto

About Co Lab (by a participant)

Leeds EN IT Practice Week

Practice groups

Practice tips

Why interpreters should practise every day – Elisabet Tiselius

Becoming a better interpreter – Jenner

Ressourcen und Übungen zur Fortbildung im Selbststudium

Finding practice material @ Interpreter Training Resources

About practising – Chris Guichot de Fortis

Feedback: going beyond “That was great!” – Seven Sisters

UN interpreting exams

UN DGCAM Speech Bank

UN Digital Recordings Portal

UN accreditation tests – UNOG

UN accreditation process described – Slator 2021

Passing a UN test – Rebecca Edgington & Intepretation Station

Preparing for the UN acccreditation tests – Natalie White

How to Prepare for the United Nations Interpreter Exam – Interpreter Diaries

UN Initiatives to Prepare Interpreters for the Language Competitive Exam – Maha El-Metwally

Passing the UN exams for interpreters – Middlebury

Using the UN Digital repository – Josh Goldsmith

UN exams – Sophie Llewellyn Smith

UN exams

EU Tests

EU accreditation requirements

EU freelance accreditation test: part 1 – 2023

EU freelance accreditation test: part 4 – 2023

Testing times 2 – EU accreditation test mock-up

The ideal candidate for the EU

Cómo es interpretar en organizaciones internacionales – Josh Goldsmith

the EU accreditation test – Sophie Llewellyn Smith

Le candidat idéal – UE

EU acccreditation – Judy Jenner

6 tips for EU accreditation tests – TechforWord

EU support measures for test candidates

Other test tips

Tips and tricks for online interpreting exams – Goa, Gillies & Woisch

Overcoming test anxiety for interpreters – ATA Chronicle

Problemas en los tests : AIB

Exam tips – Interpreter Training Resources

Mentoring

Program mentoringowy PSTK

Mentoring : an old idea that’s new – AIB

ATA’s mentoring program

Nachwuchsprogramm AIIC Deutschland

Nachwuchsprogramm für junge Konferenzdolmetscher – BDÜ

AIIC VEGA – outreach & mentoring

EU Commission sign-language mentoring scheme

Other stuff

Russian SIM competition – Cosines

Using Audacity for dual track recording of interpreting practice

Strategies for working with poor sound: Failsafe mode – Chris Guichot de Fortis

Relay interpreting on hard consoles – Ruetten

Preparation for first consecutive assignment – Taylor Bouladon

Preparation for first consecutive assignment – Becker

Annotating texts for SIM – The Interpretation Station

IAPTI training / Youtube

Relay interpreting – Annika Belisle

Other stuff

If you’re looking for the basics of simultaneous and consecutive interpreting, please check out our partner site Interpreter Training Resources

Skills courses