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Conference Interpreting before and after the Velvet Revolution

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Abstract

The author speaks on the web of Lourdes De Rioja "A Word In Your Ear" on Youtube about the experience of conference interpreting in the Czech Republic before 1989 - in the context of a socialist country - and after November 1989 (the Velvet Revolution). She describes different interpreting situations (international conferences, interpretation for high level politicians) and especially the first years after the entrance of the Czech Republic to the EU and when interpreting for the European institutions - doing relay and retour for other booths.