| VI Jornada de Traducción e Interpretación
6th
Conference on Translation and Interpretation
Organized by Intrades-Apuntes, Inc with the collaboration of Instituto
Cervantes
February 28, 2005 - Instituto Cervantes at Amster Yard, 211-215 East
49th Street
New York, NY 10017
| 9
a.m. |
Introduction
to the 6th Conference on Translation and Interpretation
Leticia Molinero - President of
Intrades-Apuntes, Inc.; Editor of Apuntes |
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9:10 a.m. |
Crossing
Over:
Professional Opportunities in the
News Media
Multimedia Mini-Workshop. In Spanish.
Chris Crommett, Senior VP & General
Manager, CNN en Español
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11:15 a.m. |
Coffee
Break |
| 11:30 a.m. |
International Contracts and Secured Financing:
Trials and Tribulations for Interpreters and Translators
A discussion of practical samples from discussions at UNCITRAL (United
Nations Commission on International Trade Law) and UNIDROIT (International Institute)
Alejandro M. Garro, Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia University
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12:30 p.m. |
1 hour
lunch break |
|
1:30 p.m. |
Educational
Fields and Field Selection for
Interpreters
Evaluation of talents and capabilities for selecting a field of
specialization:
A reality check for all languages. In English.
Bogumila Michalewicz, Ph.D. (a.b.d.), UN
Interpreter, Federal Court
Certified Interpreter and Translator
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2:30 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
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2:45 p.m. |
For
Whom Do We Translate into Spanish?
Review
of the sixth
grade reading level requirement in public communications in the U.S.
and its equivalence in the Spanish of the Latino population.
Representatives of the media, the City, translators and renowned
linguist Ricardo Otheguy, of the City University of New York (CUNY),
will attempt to define the Spanish
language reading population and examine the need for linguistic studies
to provide a disciplined answer to these questions. I |
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