Inter-institutional accreditation test for Albanian language

The EU Interpreting Services will be organising an accreditation test for conference interpreters with Albanian (SQ) as an A-language.

The test will be structured in two parts: the simultaneous tests will be held on 17 April 2023, the consecutive tests on 23 and 26 June 2023.

All tests will take place in remote, via a remote testing platform.

In particular, all eligible candidates will first be invited to record their simultaneous accreditation tests via an on-line selection tool; only if they succeed in the simultaneous part, candidates will be invited to sit the consecutive tests.

 To be eligible for the test, you must:

• have completed a recognised four-year full-time undergraduate course in conference interpreting and obtained the relevant diploma or
• hold a recognised Master’s degree in conference interpreting or
• hold a recognised university degree in any subject awarded after 3 years of full-time undergraduate study and

either

• you have at least one year’s professional experience as a conference interpreter (experience as a court interpreter, liaison interpreter or company interpreter cannot be taken into account), acquired after award of the university degree, and can provide clear documentary evidence of the total number of days worked

or

• you have successfully completed a postgraduate conference interpreting training programme (other than a Master's degree), of at least one academic year of full study, for which a certificate or other documentary proof can be submitted.

B​​​​Be able to interpret in both consecutive and simultaneous in one of the following language combinations:

AB:  A=SQ, B= EN/FR/DE/IT/ES

CC:  A=SQ, C=EN/FR/DE/IT/ES + another EU language.

Additional active or passive languages will be considered an asset.

For languages not covered by a diploma, some evidence of how the language knowledge was acquired should be submitted (such as certificates or a personal statement).

The deadline for submitting your on-line application and for uploading the supporting documents is 07/02/2023 12:00 CET. All applications will be examined by an inter-institutional Screening Committee to check whether all selection criteria are met.

Selected candidates will be informed in due time.

If you think you are eligible for the test, please refer for further details and the corresponding application form to the following webpage.