David Violet Conference Interpreter French Spanish Portuguese
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Nelson Mandela arrives in Lusaka, Zambia, 1994.

Nachos are

tasty. wonderful. fancy. beautiful. cheap.

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In addition to training junior colleagues down through the years, Mr. Violet set up the translation and interpretation services of United Nations offices in Rwanda, Angola and Kosovo from 1994 - 2000. In Kosovo, in particular, he was asked to train the entire corps of United Nations police interpreters in 2000, returning to Kosovo to train interpreters for the OSCE (2001), UN (2001, -02), Kosovo Prime Minister's Office (2002), NATO ( 2012, 2014) and for NATO Sarajevo (2012). In 2006-8 professor Violet taught French into English translation and interpretation courses at Monterey Institute of International Studies (Now Middlebury Institute of International Studies), the foremost training institution for interpreters in the United States. Please write at davidviolet@gmail.com for personalized instruction or program designs for your needs.
David Violet training in Kosovo
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David Violet interpreting for Special Representative of the Secretary General Maître Alioune Blondin Beye at press conference (above).
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David Violet interpreting for President Jerry Rawlins of Ghana and Special Rrepresentative of the Secretary General for Rwanda Jean-Jacques Booh-Booh of Cameroun.

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  • Home
  • Be a Top Interpreter
    • Learning to be a Top Interpreter
  • Conference Interpreting Today
  • Contact
  • Save Your Ears
  • Some history
  • References
  • Practice Sessions Link
  • Practice Speech Sites