Interpretation
23rd SCIC - Universities Conference
4 April 2019
Filip MAJCEN
Director
Interpretation Services Management & Professional Support
Interpretationin
Interpretation
Activity
2
Interpretation
Total interpretation output 2016-2018(in i-slots)
3
2016
2017
2018
202 089
194 877
209 639
+3%
+4%
+4%
Interpretation
Interpretation output 2016-2018per institution (in i-slots)
0
20 000
40 000
60 000
80 000
100 000
120 000
140 000
Council Commission Economic & Social
Committee
Committee of
the Regions
4%
3%
-3%-16%
4
Interpretation
Total interpretation output 2016-2018per language (in i-Slots)
0
5 000
10 000
15 000
20 000
25 000
FR DE EN IT ES NL PT EL DA FI SV CS ET LV LT HU MT PL SK SL BG RO HR
5
Interpretation
% change per language 2017/2018
5% 5%
2%
3% 5%
-2%-4%
6% 6%
1%
5%
0%
-14%
3% 3%
13%
-8%
3% 3%2%
22%
7%
15%
-20%
-15%
-10%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
FR DE EN IT ES NL PT EL DA FI SV CS ET LV LT HU MT PL SK SL BG RO HR
6
Interpretation
Council league table 2018
Ranking Language I-slotsDemand
satisfaction
1 ENGLISH 12 749 100%
2 FRENCH 11 730 100%
3 GERMAN 11 596 100%
4 SPANISH 10 572 100%
5 ITALIAN 10 469 100%
6 DUTCH 5 732 100%
7 PORTUGUESE 5 558 100%
8 BULGARIAN 5 553 95%
9 ROMANIAN 5 392 93%
10 GREEK 5 318 99%
Ranking Language I-slotsDemand
satisfaction
11 CZECH 4 958 92%
12 POLISH 4 948 100%
13 SLOVENE 4 883 95%
14 SLOVAK 4 826 96%
15 LITHUANIAN 4 777 97%
16 MALTESE 4 653 85%
17 LATVIAN 4 576 99%
18 CROATIAN 4 142 81%
19 SWEDISH 4 119 95%
20 HUNGARIAN 4 031 97%
21 ESTONIAN 3 904 91%
22 FINNISH 3 182 96%
23 DANISH 2 706 85%7
Interpretation
Interpretation output in non-EU languages 2016-2018 (in i-Slots)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Russian Arabic Chinese Ukrainian Macedonian Albanian Turkish Japanese Sign
language
Serbian
8
Interpretation
Interpreters
9
Interpretation
Total freelance recruitment contract days
2016
2017
2018
63 068
58 758
52 103
7%
10
+3%
+13%
Interpretation
Freelance recruitment contract days per language2016-2018
0
1 000
2 000
3 000
4 000
5 000
6 000
7 000
8 000
9 000
11
Interpretation
Freelance recruitment % change2017/2018
12%
9%11%
8%
16%
-11%
6%7%
36%
23%
2%4%
-16%
-1%
-7%
33%
-16%
3%
21%
-8%
8%
13%
21% 21%
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
FR DE EN IT ES NL PT EL DA FI SV CS ET LV LT HU MT PL SK SL BG RO HR Others
12
Interpretation
Contract days local/non local 2016-2018
80% 76% 75%
20% 24% 25%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2016 2017 2018
Local Non local
13
Interpretation
Staff/freelance ratio2016-2018
14
54%45%
2016
50%49%
2017
Staff Freelance
47%53%
2018
Interpretation
Key figures
19/01/2012 - 15
• Demand
satisfaction
• Staff/Freelance
ratio
• Freelance
contract days
• Interpretation
output
+4% +7%
96%47/53
15
Interpretation
Professional development
Interpretation
Professional development
Language acquisition and maintenance
131 staff interpreters learning a new language65 freelance interpreters received support
Thematic courses
70% by internal trainers30% by external trainers
17
4490 days
1048 days
Interpretation
• Upwards trend in demand continues.
• Pool of available staff interpreters is limited.
• Freelance interpreters recruitment is on the rise.
• Interpretation services management & support
functions continued delivering in demanding context…
…and are commited to make Interpreting 3.0 happen!!!
Conclusions
Interpretation
23rd SCIC - Universities Conference
4 April 2019
Filip MAJCEN
Director
Interpretation Services Management & Professional Support
Interpretationin