Speaker | IJET-31 (June 24-25, 2023)

Yuki Sayeg

Yuki Sayeg has many years of experience both as a freelance conference interpreter and interpreter trainer. She was the interpreting coordinator in the Master of Arts in Japanese Interpreting and Translation (MAJIT) program at the University of Queensland until its closure at the end of 2022, teaching consecutive and simultaneous interpreting as well as public speaking and general translation courses.

Yuki is a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) and a National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) Certified Conference Interpreter and Certified Advanced Translator. She was involved in the design of the NAATI Certification system introduced in 2018 and is a member of NAATI’s Japanese Examiner Panel, Conference Interpreting.

As a teacher and professional interpreter, Yuki has always emphasised the importance of professional ethics and this is why she finds the theme of this year’s IJET—interpreter visibility—so interesting.

Sessions

Interpreter visibility vs. invisibility: Could, and should, interpreters be more visible?

We have all seen photos of summit meetings between heads of state, with the interpreters discreetly positioned behind the main players. Their role is vital, yet they remain in the background. Meanwhile conference interpreters are invisible in a booth at the back of a conference hall and usually only the organising committee and perhaps the delegation they are interpreting for are aware of...

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