Zoom Interpretation is a feature of Zoom web conferencing which is useful for interpreters to know. In this training you will learn many things including:

• how to set up a Zoom meeting with interpreting
• how to hear your colleague and take relay from other booths
• how to customise channels
• best practices when working on Zoom
• test drive this platform with a booth partner

This is the programme. The times below are in GMT:

16:00 - 16:30 Introduction and participants' expectations

16:30 - 17:00 Explanation of Zoom Interpretation

17:00 - 18:30 Zoom Interpretation demo

18:30 - 19:00 Questions and Wrap up

Trainer:

Maha El-Metwally is a conference interpreter in the Arabic booth. She works for a wide range of international organizations, including the European Institutions and the United Nations. She is a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC), the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL) and the American Translators Association (ATA). She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) in the UK. She serves as a Board member and member of the Admissions Committee.

​Maha has an MA in interpreter training from the University of Geneva. She is associated with a number of universities both in the UK and abroad where she contributes to the curriculum. She is passionate about technology in the field of interpreting and offers courses on the subject internationally both in person and remotely.