30 TheLinguistAPRIL/MAY www.iol.org.ukINSTITUTE MATTERSDIVISIONS & SOCIETIESAprilCIOL TRAININGEVENT Saturday 28 AprilLinguarama, LondonA BPG sponsored eventon cultural awareness andcross-cultural competence.MayNETWORKINGLUNCH & AGMSaturday 12 MayWig & Mitre, Lincoln,midday-4pm Alan Peacock, Director ofMembership, will attend.For details or to attend,call Candia Hillier on01522 526695 by 5 May.Steep Hill Room, Wig &Mitre, Steep Hill, LN2 1TL.TALK ON BASQUE Saturday 12 MayGrand Central Hotel,Glasgow, 2.15pmBernar Morote on Basquelanguage and culture.Grand Central Hotel, 99 Gordon Street, G1 3SF.LINCBPGSCOTKEYDIVISIONSBusiness, Professions & Government: Education: Interpreting:Translating: SOCIETIESCambridge: German: Hong Kong: Lincolnshire: London: North West: Scottish: Spanish: BPGEDUTDCAMGERLINCNWSCOTLONSPHKIDA group of 13 visited the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust inDerby, and had very interesting and informative tours oftwo sites. It was pleasing to welcome a number ofmembers attending their first BPG event. Rolls-Royce isimportant to Derby as the company employs 11,000people, designing and producing some of the mostadvanced aerospace, marine, energy and nucleartechnology in the world. The collection timeline runs through numerous earlypiston and jet aero engines, including examples of thefirst Whittle and German jet engine designs, through tothe RB 211 and beyond. Both civil and military hardwareis on display. It was explained that many early enginedesigns were named after birds of prey, such as Merlin,Griffon, Eagle, Hawk and Kestrel, and later after watercourses -Welland, Derwent, Trent and Nene being afew examples.We met at the former Light Alloy Foundry onOsmaston Road, which requires some local knowledgeto find as the sign was removed several years ago. Thesite now houses part of the heritage collection andcontains a large range of aircraft, tank and car engines.There are also some Rolls-Royce memorabilia and anumber of cars belonging to experts from the Rolls-Royce Owners' Club and the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts'Club. Of special historic interest was the RR carpresented by the Scout Movement to Baden Powell.The immaculate VW pre-production model of the latestRR car was relatively new, and still hot after a test runaround the block.The second half of the visit was to the heritagecollection housed at the ultra-modern Learning &Development Centre on Wilmore Road. After lunch wewere given a guided tour and saw a wide range of earlyand modern RR aero engines. We were also introducedto their latest marine products. Members couldexperience the cramped cockpit conditions of a jetbomber. There was, however, a lot more room in the fancasing of the RB211 engine for a photo opportunity.The verdict was that the visit was very successful andthere are plans to organise another in the future.Enjoying a Rolls-Royce lifestylePAUL SHIPMAN JOINS BPG DIVISION MEMBERS FOR A SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF THE ROLLS-ROYCE HERITAGE TRUST IN DERBY© WWW.VANESSACHAMPION.CO.UKON A ROLLSBPG members find out about a combustion casing(above) and pose in front of an RB211 engine (right)

Vol/51 No/2 2012APRIL/MAYTheLinguist31INSTITUTE MATTERSJuneAGM, SEMINAR & NETWORKINGLUNCH Saturday 16 JuneNovotel London CitySouth, 10.30 for 11amFormal AGM papers andseminar details will beemailed to ID members. 53-61 Southwark BridgeRoad, London SE1 9HH.OctoberSTUDY WEEKEND5-7 October Brixen/Bressanone(South Tyrol)Learn about the languageand culture of the Ladinpeoples. For details, emailGuglielmo Fittante DETAILSJudith Ridgway,@googlemail.comHeather Fulford, Ray, Matthey, Lee,, Candia Hillier, Sharma, Katrin Hiietam, Withers, Caine, in the media is clearly of broad interest toID members, and some 70 people attended theNovember event on the subject, many of them first-time visitors to an Interpreting Division event. Our firstspeaker at the Novotel in South London talked abouthis freelance interpreting work in various mediaenvironments. A graduate of the University of Krakow,Poland and the London School of Economics,Alexander Nowak has worked for the BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, the International Court of Arbitration,Polish and UK ministers and government officials, anda variety of commercial organisations. Alexander looked in particular at how to managethe demands of short-notice live media work and thesometimes excessive responsibilities placed on theinterpreter. In this sector, interpreters need to beextremely flexible and not prone to panic, but there isa point at which 'managing' an impossible situationneeds to be discussed objectively and urgently withthe client, however pressurised the situation may be.Often clients do not understand fully the interpretingprocess and believe that, in an emergency situation,one person can interpret for long periods without abreak (all day via an unreliable TV link, for example). In live media, such burdens almost inevitably lead toa drop in quality, yet those listening will not be awareof the impossible conditions the interpreter is facing.Finding a balance between offering the flexibility suchassignments require and maintaining high qualityinterpreting is an additional skill that interpreters in thisenvironment need to develop.Our second speaker, Tomoko Komura, gave anamusing but very professional insight into how, as adeveloping interpreter, she had broken into the mediasector, and the differences she had found betweenthat and other interpreting settings. Her academicbackground, including a BA in Theatre (University ofColorado), an MFA in Theatre (London InternationalSchool of Performing Arts) and an MA in Interpreting(London Metropolitan University), helped in her first yearof building a media interpreting portfolio. Tomoko outlined various interpreting assignmentsshe had undertaken and gave a very honest overviewof her reflections on both the positive and negativeaspects of each assignment, which she felt was animportant learning tool. Her clients include the BBCWorld Service's Outlook programme; BBC MasterChefLive; the film 47 Ronin(Universal Pictures); the UK'sbiggest Japanese culture event, Hyper Japan; andArsenal player, Ryo Miyaichi. She felt that herperforming arts background had helped her toprovide the high level of flexibility required.Our post-lunch session, entitled 'The MediaInterpreter Professional Environment: Skills andconsiderations', was hosted by Kristin Kelber, JessicaStrenk and Sonia Harder, who outlined and discussedtheir post-graduate research, with Leon Grasmann, atLondon Metropolitan University. They had looked atwhat constitutes media interpreting; the varioussettings and contexts (using the popular German TVshow Wetten, dass.?as an example); the mode ofinterpreting; and the questions interpreters should askthemselves when considering such jobs, including 'canI do it?', 'is the job worthwhile?' and 'what are theclient's expectations?'. They addressed the issues relating to pre-assignmentbriefing and research, working alone and/or from amonitor, and the duration of the assignment. They alsoconsidered what is involved in relation to puttingtheory into practice, crisis and stress management,maintaining high quality, ethics and professionalstandards, working conditions, and remuneration. It isa varied and fun type of interpreting, they concluded,but a demanding professional environment.Professional standards and codes are useful butcommon sense on the job is essential.The audience discussion with the speakers was,unsurprisingly, pro-active and lively, as was the debateover lunch.Details of Interpreting Division events can be foundon the ID page at www.iol.org.uk.In the mediaCHRISTINE POCOCK ON THE RECENT 'INTERPRETING IN THE MEDIA' EVENTPROFESSIONAL INSIGHTTomoko Komura shares her experiences