News from the AIIC Private Market Sector in Lisbon, July 2024

AIB's Mary Fons attended AIIC's recent Private Market Sector (PriMS) meeting in Lisbon and reported back on it. As always, these meetings are of vital importance to all interpreters who work on the private market.

Below are a few pics from the meeting. Check AIB's social media for more info in coming days.

AIBer Mary Fons was happy to get some in-person time AIB regulars Katerina Apostolaki and Ben Barclay at AIIC’s PriMS meeting in Lisbon

Hanging out with friends from AIM at the PriMS meeting in Lisbon #primsinlisbon.

Mary with AIIC President Jenny Fearnside and Barcelona colleague Waltraud Hofer

AIIC President Jenny asks everyone present to join the AIIC buddy system. Let’s welcome precandidates to our association!

Jenny says: Be a proactive sponsor. Don't wait to be asked. (And when someone is assigned to be your buddy, don’t leave them hanging!)

An important note: PriMS needs to know what's happening in the private market.

As the acting Statistics Coordinator, Mary pointed out the importance of reliable data, as demonstrated by many PriMS talks. She encouraged everyone to track their work year-round rather than try to compile everything at year-end. AIIC's website provides this very useful compilation tool for those who are not otherwise tracking their work:

The tool is available for logged-in members, precandidates and candidates only: https://aiic.org/site/statistics_2023#:~:text=Data%20compilation%20tool%20(MS%20Excel%20spreadsheet%20file)

Visit the PriMS website for more information and updates:  https://aiic.org/site/interpreter/private-sector

And some images of the sessions: