Mapping PSI

Dear Community!It is a pleasure to announce that in the course of 2021 we have consolidated the core team of front-runners of the Community by appointing two editors for each of the five main mapping topics.A first visible result of this is the above updated content. We hope you will enjoy it and may find it useful.Please do not hesitate to send in contributions if there is something you wish to share.

Dear PSI Community, A new journal in interpreting studies is out, founded and edited by Julie Boéri (HBKU Qatar) & Wen Ren (BFSU China): Interpreting and Society. More information on aims and scope and on the submission process can be found here: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/mst/interpreting-and-society/journal203723….

Dear PSI members!I'm pleased to share a call for papers for the issue 26 of The Interpreters' Newsletter on dialogue interpreting (bilingual English/French, to be published in 2021): https://www.openstarts.units.it/cris/journals/journals00005/journalsInfoAuthor.html?locale=en The main objective is to feed the discussion on various innovative methodological approaches which can shed light on practices and phenomena that have so far received scant attention in the DI/PSI literature, and/or which have never reached the interpreting classroom yet. I hope that you will have the opportunity to submit a paper and/or to kindly circulate this call among your colleagues who may be interested. And I seize this opportunity to thank the organizers of InDialog3, since the panel I've coordinated in Antwerp was a first opportunity to meet colleagues and share ideas about research methods in DI/PSI. Unfortunately we didn't manage to join forces and submit anything as a group when Esther de Boe announced her call for papers last February, as we were all living particularly hard times due to the pandemic. But the CfP I'm sharing today would not exist without InDialog3, so hartfelt thanks to the organizers of that great conference!Wishing you all the best, Natacha Niemants (and Anne Delizée)

Dear PSI Mapping community members!It is our great pleasure to present to you the first group of team leaders of our community. These experienced professionals in the field of Public Service Interpreting and Translation will support us in managing the various mapping strands.Prof. Dr. Hildegard Vermeiren of the Ghent University will be focusing on Regulations and policies.Prof. Danielle D'Hayer of the London Metropolitan University will be streamlining input on Training and Education.Mrs. Nailah Fernando, researcher and PSI Trainer at the Flemish Agentschap Integratie en Inburgering (Agency for civic integration) will be your contact for Profession and Practice.Dr. Barbara Schouten of the University of Amsterdam will be managing the Research strand.We would like to extend a warm welcome to the new team leaders and encourage members of the PSI Mapping community to get in touch with them to become part of the teams and contribute with contents!We are still looking for a suitable candidate to take on the Competences strand. Suggestions are welcome!

We would like to share the information about the 3 free MOOCs we offer: "¡Iníciate en la traducción e interpretación en los Servicios Públicos!”"Get your start in PSIT"让我们共同开启公共服务事业的口笔译吧！("Get Your Start in Public Service Interpreting and Translation!") The MOOCs are composed of three specific modules which focus on aspects as intercultural communication, mediation, roles that take part in it, documentation resources and PSIT professionalisation. This content is developed through theoretical videos, individual reflection and self-assessment activities, exercises which make use of social networks, and debate forums where users can express and share their opinion. Signing in the courses is simple and free: just register to access the MOOC. Access these courses by clicking on the following links:"¡Iníciate en la traducción e interpretación en los Servicios Públicos!”: https://openeducation.blackboard.com/mooc-catalog/courseDetails/view?course_id=_2865_1"Get your start in PSIT": https://openeducation.blackboard.com/mooc-catalog/courseDetails/view?course_id=_2830_1让我们共同开启公共服务事业的口笔译吧！("Get Your Start in Public Service Interpreting and Translation!"): https://openeducation.blackboard.com/mooc-catalog/courseDetails/view?course_id=_2806_1We appreciate your interest in the MOOCs and hope you make the most of them.

Dear colleagues,Following the successful In Dialog 3 conference, we are happy to announce our call for papers on the same subject: "Interpreter Research and Training - The Impact of Context", Linguistica Antverpiensia - New Series - Themes in Transaltion Studies vol. 20For further information, please follow the link below:https://lans-tts.uantwerpen.be/index.php/LANS-TTS/announcementOn behalf of the guest editors,Esther de Boe

Dear allHere is a brief update on today's joint edit-a-thon, organised by ENPSIT and DG Interpretation. It has been a productive and inspiring afternoon. Edit-a-thons seem to be a fruitful opportunity for an exchange of views amongst PSIT professionals from across Europe. We would like to thank all participants for their presence and valuable contributions.We have worked in 3 groups, each focusing on one of the following themes: 1. Research2. Training, Education, Competences3. Regulation, PracticeQuite some content has been prepared and will soon be uploaded to this community for further peer discussion and contributions. With a view to taking these 3 files to a next level and ultimately publication on the static part of the KCI, each team will now propose a lead to manage further mapping activity.We have also agreed to scan our respective networks and see if we know other professionals who may be proposed to join the PSI Mapping community. So stay tuned!

Dear members of the PSI Mapping CommunityThis is to inform you that the European Network of Public Service Interpreting (ENPSIT) and DG SCIC are organising edition number 2 of our PSI Mapping edit-a-thon. It will take place in Antwerp, on 20 November from 14h00 to 17h00, prior to the InDialog3 conference on 21 and 22 November.To those of you who will be joining: we are looking forward to seeing you there. Should you not be in a position to join, please feel free to join the edit-a-thon online, by keeping an eye on the blog posts.We have uploaded the agenda under the files section, so you can already take a look there. Under the same section, you will find a draft for a PSI Survey that SCIC is planning to launch. Please be informed that this is only a first draft and that the contribution of experts will be needed to make the survey a succes. Therefore, one of the points on the agenda during the edit-a-thon will be a first introduction of the survey.