{"id":229459,"date":"2020-10-23T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=229459"},"modified":"2020-10-23T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T18:50:00","slug":"cuban-translators-and-interpreters-may-be-certified-to-work-as-self-employed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-translators-and-interpreters-may-be-certified-to-work-as-self-employed\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban translators and interpreters may be certified to work as self-employed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban translators and interpreters will now be able to work officially as self-employed workers thanks to the entry into force last week of regulations that \u201cextend these activities to private management and guarantee their quality,\u201d the official <\/span>Granma<\/span><\/i><\/a> newspaper confirmed this Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, the Cuban foreign minister summoned those interested in offering private <\/span>translation and interpretation<\/span><\/a> services to take annual examinations for their certification in the English, French and Portuguese, Italian, Russian and German languages, the publication said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The general director of the Translators and Interpreters Services (ESTI), Otto Vaillant, quoted by <\/span>Granma<\/span><\/i>, announced that these evaluations will be carried out next January 1-31.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is the first call for certification exams for translators and interpreters in Cuba, from whose execution a public figure is born, already recognized in other countries, with a signature and stamp of legal value, since the license that until now is granted to self-employed translators is not recognized in the case of official documents. That possibility is now granted by this resolution,\u201d explained Vaillant.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tests are intended to issue three types of certification: one for Translation, another for Interpretation and the third for both activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the latter case, the evaluated person must first participate in the translation test on an eliminatory basis and, subsequently, the interpretation one, the executive explained and clarified that the interested parties may only aspire to be evaluated in one language.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until now, the examinations for translators are only carried out in Havana, but Resolution No. 203\/2020 expands the venues by geographical areas: people from the western region will be evaluated in the capital; in Santa Clara, people who reside from Matanzas to Ciego de \u00c1vila; and in Holgu\u00edn, those from the island\u2019s eastern region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Has the time come for professionals in the private sector?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n