Training of Legal Interpreters & Translators Antwerp

The training of legal interpreters and translators at the KULeuven Campus Antwerp (formerly Lessius) exists already 14 years. Since 2000 delivered this training +/- 1000 trained legal interpreters and translators in 53 different languages. The initiative for this joint training – the lecturers are representatives from the court, police, bar association, and the professors of translation- and interpreting studies - was taken by the court of Antwerp which formulated the need for high-quality legal translators and interpreters. This presentation will stress the unique form of cooperation between the two sides of the stakeholders i.g. academics and professionals, and explain the training as such.status: publishe