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Our translation, interpreting and editing courses are provided by translators, interpreters, editors and professors with many years of experience in the industry.

WWB has gathered the best talent in the industry to offer courses in interpreting, translation and editing. Our curricula in interpreting are tailored to the needs of our province, to ensure that our clients and community stakeholders are served by skilled and duly trained professionals.

WWB offers translation and editing seminars to both novice and seasoned professionals who want to keep updated in our field. With new content added every year, we ensure that our Albertan translators and writers are offered the chance to improve their language skills.

Our courses are offered in Calgary and Edmonton. To learn about our upcoming courses, seminars and workshops, please click on Courses/Workshops or visit our Calendar of events

Community Interpreting

WWB’s courses in Community Interpreting provide our students with a solid foundation of basic interpreting skills. Our curriculum includes the following courses:

Foundations of Community Interpreting
Interpreting in Alberta
Consecutive Interpreting Techniques – Theory and Practice 1
Consecutive Interpreting Techniques – Practice 2
Introduction to Simultaneous Interpreting
Interpreting for the Police
Interpreting for Social Services
Interpreting for Firefighters
Interpreting for Paramedics

Court Interpreting

Canada is famous for being home of some of the best interpreters in the world. We believe that Albertan courts deserve to count with court interpreters that provide services at Canadian-standard level. Our Court Interpreting curriculum has been designed to serve the courts in Alberta, and consist of the following courses:

Foundations of Court Interpreting
An Introduction to Canadian Law
Pre-interpreting techniques
Consecutive Interpreting Techniques – Theory and Practice
Consecutive Interpreting Techniques – Practice
Simultaneous Interpreting Techniques – Theory and Practice
Simultaneous Interpreting Techniques – Practice

Medical Interpreting

Our Medical Interpreting curriculum is designed to cover all the aspects of medical interpreting in our province. Our courses include:

Foundations of Medical Interpreting
Alberta’s Medical System
Pre-Interpreting Techniques
Consecutive Interpreting Techniques – Theory and Practice
Consecutive Interpreting Techniques – Practice
Simultaneous Interpreting Techniques – Theory and Practice
Simultaneous Interpreting Techniques – Practice

Translation

Our translation courses are addressed to both novice and seasoned translators who want to either improve their translation skills or update their knowledge in related areas. Among others, we offer the following seminars:

Editing for Translators
Formatting your Translations
Technical translation
Legal Translation
Literary Translation
Marketing Translation
IT World – Translating Technological Texts

Editing

Our editing courses are addressed to writers, bloggers, translators, interpreters, students or whomever want to improve their writing and editing skills. We offer the following seminars:

Advanced Grammar
Copy-editing
Proofreading
Formatting