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Call for volunteer Interpreters and translators at ESF 2004 London

Babels-UK | 09.05.2004 14:48 | European Social Forum | Free Spaces | Globalisation | Indymedia | London | World

Appeal for volunteer Interpreters and translators:

Your chance to be part of the 2004 European Social Forum !

Appeal for volunteer Interpreters and translators

Babels Website  http://www.babels.org

Born in September 2002 out of the needs of the European Social Forum (ESF) in Florence, Babels is an international network of volunteer interpreters and translators and has organised interpreters for both the 2002 ESF and the 2003 ESF in Paris as well as at the World Social Forum 2004 in Mumbai.

Babels at the ESF 2004 ( http://www.fse-esf.org)

The ESF is a multilingual space for big debates and meetings of all shapes and sizes on a variety of social, political, cultural and environmental issues such as globalisation, racism, poverty or sustainable development. Interpretation at the ESF is crucial to ensure mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue. This third ESF is being held in the spirit of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre and tens of thousands of participants will come together to discuss alternatives to the existing system.

We are looking for volunteer interpreters and translators for the ESF 2004 which will be held in London from October 14th to 17th. You can now register online at  http://www.babels.org

The Objectives of Babels

· To affirm the right of everybody to express themselves in the language of their choice.
· To contribute to discussions on the part language plays in the mechanisms of cultural domination and in the circulation of ideas between the various social and citizens¹ movements.
· To be an international network of volunteer interpreters and translators who want to use their skills and expertise for the benefit of those social and citizens¹ movements that adhere to the charter of principles of the Social Forums; and to permit the sharing of their analyses and experiences and to co-ordinate their actions on an international level.
· To propose, depending on the resources of the network and the needs requested of it, to participate directly in the organisation of Social Forums and Œanti-globalisation¹ international events with which they are linked, organised by an international co-ordination.

Interpretation at the ESF

Whether you are a professional interpreter (experienced or just starting) or whether, though not an interpreter, you are fluent in at least one language apart from your mother tongue and you want to contribute to the success of social forums, join the Babels network!

As part of the commitment of the ESF to increase the participation of people from Eastern and Central European countries, we are actively seeking interpreters and translators with the relevant language skills. We are also looking for sign-language intepreters to increase accessibility at the ESF. Your travel, accommodation and food costs will be covered.

Register online at  http://www.babels.org

Visit our online forum at  http://www.babels.org/forum to find out more about the Babels network and take part in online discussions

This call is available at:
 http://esf2004.net/en/tiki-index.php?page=BabelsCallForVolunteers
(an unofficial website for organising around the ESF 2004)

Babels-UK

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quite bit of info about babels

09.05.2004 15:02

Just to say a bit about Babels - they are a self organising non-heirarchical international network of more than 4000 volunteer interpreters (both non-professional and professional).

Their story is quite interesting - before the Florence ESF 2002 they approached the organisers offering to organise the interpretation on a purely volunteer basis. But their offer was rejected as the organisers didn't trust all this non-heirarchical volunteer stuff!

In the end not long before the actual event the organisers realised there was no way they could afford to pay for fully commercial interpretation, and had to turn back to Babels for help - who sorted it out in a pretty short timescale.

Now Babels has become indispensible to the organisation of the ESF and WSF and other international social forums, proving that self organised and non-heirarchical initiatives and networks can and do work - nice! In short it's a pretty political project in this respect - as well as being all about communication and understanding.

At florence esf 2002 there were around 300 volunteers, while at the paris esf there were around 1000 volunteer interpreters. Aside from the london ESF, they are currently also working on the mediterranean social forum and the world social forum.

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