Wikimania-Interpreters

Wikimania will need interpreters between English and French, German, Spanish, and Italian. (Language pairs needed: En <--> Es, En <--> De, En <--> Fr, En <--> It )

The interpretation does not have to be diplomat-perfect; excellent amateur interpreters are welcome.

Interpreting scholarships

We hope to have professional interpreters for our keynote and other main speakers.

We are also looking for volunteer professional and skilled amateur interpreters, and can offer a small scholarship to help bring them to the conference. For interpreters who can interpret in both directions for one of the above language pairs, and who are available for all three days of the conference, we offer: travel reimbursement (enough to cover transportation within Europe), a conference pass, 4-5 days' room and board in Frankfurt, and a small stipend, depending on how much interpreting you will be expected to do. You are also invited to come on one of the trips about the city on Monday, after the end of the conference.
For those who would like to interpret for just one or two days, get in touch with us and we will see what we can work out.

This is a technical conference, with a variety of wiki, computer, and legal jargon. Full sets of slides and papers will be available two weeks before the conference. You will be asked to interpret for between 3 and 6 hours a day.

If you are interested, please send email to wikimania-info@wikimedia.org, or add yourself to the appropriate list below. Make sure to indicate what languages you can interpret into, and what languages you can interpret from.

Interested interpreters

English <--> German

Viktor Anders (v.anders@utanet.at), Vienna, conference interpreter (MA), available all days, languages: German-English-German. Details under: www.openbc.com/hp/Viktor_Anders
Doris Linsenmeier (doristaa@yahoo.de), available all days, passed admission to Conference Interpreter class at the Sprach- und Dolmetschinstitut München

English <--> Spanish

Eugenia Strazzolini (eugeniastrazzolini@yahoo.co.uk ; eugeniastrazzolini@fibertel.com.ar): English <> Spanish; available all three days.
Roger (trans29@icmail.net) English-Spanish-English; based in Madrid, available all days. Experienced.
Sabrina Dávila (sabridav@fibertel.com.ar) English-Spanish/Spanish-English, Masters in Bilingual Translation, University of Westminster (UK); BA in Interpreting. Available all three days.
Natalia Rodríguez (natrodriguez@telefonica.net)English<->Spanish, based in Madrid, available all three days, BA in Translation and Interpreting, experienced.
Leticia Artiles (lagracia@gmail.com)English<->Spanish, based in Berlin, available all three days, BA in Translation and Interpreting.

English <--> French

Sicilarch, available all three days
Doris Linsenmeier (doristaa@yahoo.de), available all days, passed admission to Conference Interpreter class at the Sprach- und Dolmetschinstitut München
Noelie Chaniac (noeliechaniac@msn.com)- Experience in simultaneous, consecutive and liaison interpreting - based in Brussels - available all three days.
Caroline ROY (caroroy@hotmail.fr) - professional EN<>FR conference interpreter, based in Lyon, France, available all 3 days

English <--> Italian

Giovanna Mannoni (gmfmannoni@tiscali.co.uk): English - Italian - English; available all 3 days.
Marina Ganzerli Goldsmith (marina@vo.lu); available over 3 days; experience in conference and consecutive interpretation
Sicilarch, available all three days
Giulia Galvan (www.giuliagalvan.it): English < >Italian - available all three days; experience in simultaneous, consecutive and liaison interpreting; degree in Interpreting Studies (SSLMIT, Trieste)
Melina Capasso (melinacap@tin.it), available all 3 days, MA Translation/Interpreting, USA/Italy/France University degrees, 16 years international experience in translation/interpreting (simultaneous, consecutive, ad hoc). EN/FR>IT (both ways), SPA>IT (one way)