If you know of any summer schools or refresher courses for translators and interpreters that are not listed below – and are still accepting applications – please let me know and I’ll add them here.
Last update: 29 May 2023
INTERPRETING
Cambridge Conference Interpretation Course 2023
Chris Guichot de Fortis and Julia Poger
30 July – 11 August 2023, Cambridge, UK
working languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish
GBP 3,195
Tuition fees must be paid by 15 May. London Is the Place to B: Short course for conference interpreters with English B
Christine Adams and Zoë Hewetson
21-25 August, London, UK
GBP 1,250
expressions of interest by 31 MayEnglish Retour Interpreting (Advanced)
Heriot-Watt Languages and Intercultural Studies Department
25-27 or 25-29 August, Edinburgh, UK
A languages: Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish and Spanish
3 days, 25-27 August: GBP 495
5 days, 25-29 August: GBP 797
book by 31 May
English Retour Interpreting Weekend Summer School
Heriot-Watt Languages and Intercultural Studies Department
14-16 July, online
A languages: Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish
GBP 495
book by 31 May The Lome Course
African Interpretation Academy
21-25 August, Lomé, Togo
intensive training in conference interpreting techniques; retour into EN, FR from EN, FR and PT
USD 1,000
register by 25 June
TRANSLATION
Bristol Translates: Literary translation summer school
University of Bristol, School of Modern Languages
3-8 July, online
GBP 350
English Translation Summer School 2023
Heriot-Watt Languages and Intercultural Studies Department
21-24 August, Edinburgh, UK
English, Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish
GBP 649 (+ workshop GBP 149 each)
book by 31 MayUniversité d’été de la traduction financière – 10e édition
17-19 July 2023, Luxembourg
Société française des traducteurs – SFT Services
17 au 19 juillet 2023
3 days: SFT members: EUR 1,296, non-members: EUR 1,944
early bird rate until 19 May: members: EUR 972, non-members: EUR 1,458
1 day: members: EUR 432, non-members: EUR 648
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
GERMAN
Intensivwoche Deutsch für Dolmetscher 2023 – German Summer Academy 2nd edition
Isabel S. Reißmann
20-25 August, Berlin, Germany
EUR 770
book by 15 June
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
ITALIAN
Corso di lingua e cultura italiana per interpreti e traduttori
Pontile Sud
3-7 July, Malcesine, Italy
31 July – 4 August & 7-11 August, online
FRENCH FOR INTERPRETERS
Stage de français pour interprètes en Bretagne-sud
2 Coquelicots
31 July-11 August; 14-25 August, France
OTHER
Les Rencontres de la traduction et de l’interprétation
25-27 August, Angers, France
Société française des traducteurs – SFT Services
SFT members: EUR 460, non-members: EUR 540, students: EUR 340
Summer course: Listening and Voice Training – Tomatis Method
Hörtraining für Dolmetscher, Sänger, Coaches, Lehrer & Co.
3 July – 11 August
EinKlangRaum Tomatis Institut und Seminare Papenburg
150 Euro Erstgespräch samt Test – Kosten für das Hörtraining ergeben sich darausOut of the Wings Festival 2023: A Celebration of Theatre in Translation
Annual festival organised by a collective whose mission is to explore and promote theatre in translation from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds. A script-in-hand reading of a new English translation of a play every evening.
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