Last Friday we had an experience that was very important professionally, hence awaited with some anxiety. Our department maintains a strong relationship with the European Commission's DG Interpretation (SCIC). Interpreters come here regularly to practice Hungarian so that they can add it to their language profile.
As EMCI students we also have the opportunity to get feedback from Brussels during a video-conference. This one was the first in the semester. Initially we were supposed to have two English and two German speeches interpreted by those who had completed the MA in Interpreting at ELTE. However, plans changed, we got four German speeches. I was the only one with German as a C language...
There were two German and two Hungarian interpreters, one of the latter was chairing this virtual meeting. Everyone was cordial and helpful, the speeches were interpreter-friendly, all of us performed well. ("Did you pick your best students or is everyone that good in this class?")
Sitting close to them, I saw how nervous my peers were: frowning, shaking a bit... but the assessors only mentioned my uneasiness. "You have no reason for that" they told me. My life would be soo much easier if the symptoms of my stage fright weren't that obvious...
Only after finding the Facebook profile of the chairman (by chance), I realized that there was absolutely no need to worry. People working in Brussels are human beings, too. Maybe they have no idea about privacy settings - or was it just him who didn't care? :)
As EMCI students we also have the opportunity to get feedback from Brussels during a video-conference. This one was the first in the semester. Initially we were supposed to have two English and two German speeches interpreted by those who had completed the MA in Interpreting at ELTE. However, plans changed, we got four German speeches. I was the only one with German as a C language...
There were two German and two Hungarian interpreters, one of the latter was chairing this virtual meeting. Everyone was cordial and helpful, the speeches were interpreter-friendly, all of us performed well. ("Did you pick your best students or is everyone that good in this class?")
Sitting close to them, I saw how nervous my peers were: frowning, shaking a bit... but the assessors only mentioned my uneasiness. "You have no reason for that" they told me. My life would be soo much easier if the symptoms of my stage fright weren't that obvious...
Only after finding the Facebook profile of the chairman (by chance), I realized that there was absolutely no need to worry. People working in Brussels are human beings, too. Maybe they have no idea about privacy settings - or was it just him who didn't care? :)
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