Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Conference Interpreting in Public Institutions
29 May 2020
by
Hélène Pielmeier
Most public institutions must provide language services regardless of circumstances and are obligated to do so in highly secure environments. As a result, supplying simultaneous interpreting services when social distancing limits close personal contact has created many obstacles for these organizations. This report investigates how interpreting departments at governmental and international bodies are responding to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. It provides insights to any user or supplier of real-time interpreting services – whether in typical conference interpreting settings or cloud-based solutions. It is based on a survey in May 2020 with 26 heads of interpreting services at public institutions from around the globe.
CSA Research conducted a large-scale survey of translators and interpreters in all corners of the world in cooperation with ProZ.com, Translators without Borders, and several industry associations. We sought to characterize the demographics, behavior…
