IOCN’s reach into Europe – Going Dutch for ‘real' - a conversation with Anna Mbayo
What I (Jacqui Beckford) learnt while chatting via Zoom with the charming Anna Mbayo, was that it is priceless to be understood by...
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Deaf Day 2022 at City Lit
Deaf Day is a free annual event hosted by City Lit's Centre for Deaf Education where the Deaf community come together, socialise and walk...
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Lisa Li: My Journey into Sign Language Interpreting
Whilst studying for a BA (Hons) at Stirling University between 2004-2008, I joined a BSL interest group. To keep the group open and to...
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#MoreThanJustAnInterpreter – Izegbuwa Oleghe
#MoreThanJustAnInterpreter is a regular segment in our newsletter where we highlight the other things that our members do, aside from...
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Spotlight on...Omoyele Davey
Happy New Year from everyone in the Interpreters of Colour Network! On the 27th November 2021, IOCN had our very first, joyous AGM....
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Spotlight on...Bharti Kothari
Bharti – a name which in Indian Sanskrit, means “Cherished”. In the Hindu language and religion, Bharti is the “Goddess of knowledge and...
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The IOC Network mushroomed before we knew what we would eventually become
From a post-workshop WhatsApp group set up in early December 2019 for informal support, to a 100-plus membership network, Jacqui Beckford...
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Black Interpreting
Having been asked to write this piece, I had to look back over my working life and do some evaluating. Not only of the profession but of...
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Poetry's dizzy heights to painting that picture in BSL
Interpreting between British Sign Language and spoken English, using standard language, is challenging enough on good days. But the gear...