New graduate programs to boost pool of potential federal government interpreters amid ongoing shortage, but hurdles remain

None of the 21 candidates who sat the Translation Bureau’s most recent accreditation exam this past October were successful.

An interpreter covers a press conference with then-prime minister Justin Trudeau in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in February 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 17, 2025

Two new graduate programs in conference interpreting announced since the fall will boost the potential crop of fresh talent with an anticipated 35 new admission slots per year, but how many will ultimately graduate, seek jobs at Parliament, and subsequently pass the federal ...

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