Simultaneous interpreting for the 5th German REACH Congress
Interpreters and interpreting equipment for a hybrid conference on occupational safety
Project data
- Event Type
Congress
- Format
Hybrid
- Industry/Sector
Occupational safety and health
- Event Host
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
Commissioned by mindandvision- Scope of Services
Simultaneous interpreting of the hybrid event
- Languages
German and English
- Delivery
Interpretation provided at DASA building in Dortmund, including organisation of interpreting technology
- Number of participants
More than 1,000 participants
The task
On 21 and 22 April 2021, the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health hosted the 5th German REACH Congress. Over two days, the programme covered the interfaces between European chemicals law and occupational safety, from registration and safety data sheets to authorisation procedures, restrictions and enforcement. More than 1,000 people took part, from Germany, from other EU countries and from outside the EU. To let this international audience follow the presentations, the entire congress had to be interpreted simultaneously into English. And that in a setting where the talks were produced in Dortmund while the participants joined online.
Our solution
We interpreted on site at the DASA building in Dortmund, right where the presentations were produced. That gave our interpreters clean picture and sound without an additional remote connection in between. We supplied the interpreting equipment and integrated it into the production, so the English audio channel was available in the stream straight away. Across both days of the congress, the interpreting was equally reliable for everyone, no matter where they joined from.