Interpretation / Babels
ESF call out for interpreters!
Interpretation is a crucial task for realising the forum. To make the debate as diverse as possible, everyone should have the opportunity to take part and contribute to discussions on global justice on equal terms, even if they speak a minority or a non-colonial language.
Around 600 interpreters are needed during the ESF in Malmö. Interpretation will be arranged with the support of the Babels network that was formed in the preparations for the first ESF in Florence 2002. We are now developing the Nordic branch of the network.
”We are working to give people a voice!”
Babels consists of volunteer interpreters and translators, a mix of activists, professional and non-professional interpreters who together want to show that another world is possible! Since it was formed, the network has been an important part of the global social forum process. Today, 13,000 interpreters are registered in the Babels network.
Are you fluent in more than one language? We need your help!
To be an interpreter during the ESF is to take part in a great adventure where you provide an important contribution towards making the discussion possible, and meet interpreters from all over the world!
The volunteer interpreters will get their participation registration for free, food, accommodation and their travel costs paid.
How do you register?
Register as an interpreter for ESF 2008 and join the Babels network! Register at www.babels.org and choose to join the Malmö-list.
How do you prepare?
In the Nordic countries:
We will hold study circles about ”The European Social Forum and Interpretation” where you can prepare by training simultaneous translation, work with lexicons etc.
Register for the study circles or get more information by sending an email to interpretation@esf2008.org or calling Sophie Sermage at +46- (0)709-346 921
In other countries:
You will receive information through Babels mailing lists. You can ask for training material by mail at interpretation@esf2008.org.
