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Community Translation and Interpretation: Challenges and Rewards

About our guest speaker: Dr. Jessica Nicholas, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
In the fall of 2010, Jessica Nicholas added her name on the French Department list of tutors and translators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Nearly eight years later, she has become deeply connected to the Congolese refugee community in central Illinois. She has translated hundreds of official and personal documents, interpreted in civil and criminal court cases, and briefly worked for a refugee center. She also volunteers in the field of immigration law and researches language usage in the community. In this talk, Dr. Nicholas will discuss how the practical application of her French skills has led her on an unexpected trajectory toward immigrant advocacy and language accessibility. A particular focus will be on some of the tools and challenges of translation and interpretation, along with issues of intercultural communication that arise in the field.
 
This presentation will appeal to students who are interested in English, Sociology, Social Justice, Political Sciences, Anthropology/Archeology, International Business, Cultures and Languages, and more...   

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When

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  • 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Where

102 Wing Technology Center

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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 102 Wing Technology Center

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Laurence Couturier at 608.785.8325 or lcouturier@uwlax.edu.

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