The Next Generation

Abstract

the members of the Staff Interpreters' Committee, who worked unstintingly to collect information on their respective organisations: M. BoBramsen (OECD), J. Dykstra (Canadian Government), L. Fitchett (European Parliament), P. Fournier (FAO), A. Gauthier (UN New York), S. Marrone (Italian Chamber of Deputies), M. Marton (IMF), E. Moggio-Ortiz (UN-Geneva), A. Scialom (NATO Defense College), and E. Setton (NATO Brussels); the members of the Training Committee, especially G. Francia and B. Strolz, who sent the questionnaire to the universities and monitored the project from start to finish; the members of the PriMS Standing Committee, particularly Vincent Buck, for their superb teamwork; the heads of the 11 interpreting services of the organisations taking part in the study who provided candid, detailed answers to our questions, particularly O. Abou Zahr (UNGeneva), M. Benedetti (European Commission), O. Cosmidou (European Parliament) and A. Wood (Canadian Government); the 19 universities that responded to the questionnaire on their relations with the principal employers of interpreters.