Here is the related content for: Covid-19
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Learning in lockdown: issues facing trainee interpreters and translators during the pandemic
Trainee interpreters and translators are facing challenges during the pandemic that might prevent them from progressing to qualification. NUBSLI’s Trainee Action Group provides recommendations to support trainees to become qualified practitioners.
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Template response to Clarion re DSA funded bookings
NUBSLI have been made aware that interpreters and translators are being asked to reduce their fees for DSA-funded bookings. We encourage members as well as those who aren’t NUBSLI members to use our template letter to respond to Clarion UK as a matter of urgency.
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#WhereIsTheInterpreter – open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson
NUBSLI supports the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign and has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Johnson urging him to ensure deaf people have access to government addresses in BSL during the pandemic.
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Moving out of lockdown; NUBSLI’s position on fees and terms and conditions
The increase in remote interpreting during the COVID-19 lockdown was necessary. However, as lockdown eases, it should not be used to deny deaf people access to in person interpreting services or to decrease interpreters’ fees or terms and conditions, as our Nub explains.
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Interpreting during a pandemic
COVID-19 has had an impact on everyone’s lives and BSL/English interpreters have not been exempt. A NUBSLI member tells us their experience and the potential long-term harm that could come to the interpreting community as a result of this pandemic.
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NUBSLI’s position on VRI/VRS terms and conditions in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a necessary rise in the use of VRS/VRI. How are interpreters’ T&Cs affected? Read NUBSLI’s position statement.
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