AIIC Brazil Upgrade Course: Portuguese C Hi²T

Come Hi²T your PT C target at the fifth edition of the very successful High Intensity Interpreter Training.

Target audience

Interpreters with Portuguese C or planning to add Portuguese to their language combination. English, Spanish, French and Italian As and Bs are welcome. Other languages may be accommodated upon request, ideally with at least two students with the same combination in the group.

Course highlights

• Option to extend your stay thus maximizing your exposure to Portuguese while acting as an observer during the Portuguese A Hi²T courses given in the weeks just before and after the PT C Hi²T
  
• Live speakers presenting on a variety of topics for simultaneous and consecutive practice
  
• In addition to instructors, native PT A interpreters help with feedback during the PT C Hi²T
  
• Remote feedback by guest interpreter trainers from renown interpreting programs in Brazil
  
• Optional Portuguese as a foreign language classes
  
• Cultural activities
  
• Tourism opportunities
  
• Homestay options
  

For further details on the program, visit the PT C Hi²T FAQ here: https://padlet.com/rschaitza/HiitPTC2018

Trainers

Raquel Schaitza (PT A; EN B) has been a freelancer in the private market for over 25 years. Raquel completed the Master of Advanced Studies in Interpreter Training at the University of Geneva and offers a regular short-term interpreter training program in Curitiba. She was also a simultaneous interpreting trainer at Estácio de Sá University in São Paulo, Brazil, and a Teaching Fellow in Interpreting at the University of Leeds.

Richard Laver (PT and EN A; ES C) has been a member of AIIC since 2002.  Richard is a freelance interpreter based in Rio with 20 years of experience. He is the current AIIC Advisory Member for Brazil and has been involved  with novice interpreters via VEGA activities. Richard is also a guest trainer at the regular interpreter training program offered in Curitiba.

Together, Raquel Schaitza and Richard Laver have been offering the Hi²T for both PT A and PT C interpreters based in Brazil or abroad since its first edition in 2014.

The preferred number of participants is between 12 (minimum) and 16 (maximum).

The course is confirmed.

Cost

Early bird (until September 4)

• AIIC members: EUR 795
• Non-AIIC Members: EUR 895

After September 4

• AIIC members: EUR 885
• Non-AIIC members: EUR 985

To register click here