Conference of the Parties (CoP)
Yesterday I was lucky enough to be present during a Work Group meeting (WG meet) of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)
The Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the Convention and consists of persons from all the member states.
As it happened, the Argentinian Ambassador and UN representative was chairing the meeting and was doing a great job with both charisma and authority, until about 2 hours into the meeting.
First clue that something was wrong, was the fact that H.E Mr Curia paused, looked up around him and said that he Hates it when the translator cannot properly translate his Spanish into English...
However, he continued talking his Argentinian Spanish for a few minutes until he stops, rips out his ear-piece and publicly and loudly tells the interpreters that they SUCK and that he will be forced to continue in English.
At this point I was pretty happy not to have pursuid an ancient dream of becoming an interpreter or translator for an international organization and that I "settled" for something a little less easy to mess up.....
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The Conference of the Parties is the governing body of the Convention and consists of persons from all the member states.
As it happened, the Argentinian Ambassador and UN representative was chairing the meeting and was doing a great job with both charisma and authority, until about 2 hours into the meeting.
First clue that something was wrong, was the fact that H.E Mr Curia paused, looked up around him and said that he Hates it when the translator cannot properly translate his Spanish into English...
However, he continued talking his Argentinian Spanish for a few minutes until he stops, rips out his ear-piece and publicly and loudly tells the interpreters that they SUCK and that he will be forced to continue in English.
At this point I was pretty happy not to have pursuid an ancient dream of becoming an interpreter or translator for an international organization and that I "settled" for something a little less easy to mess up.....
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Postat av: madeleine
ooh shit!
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