Intercultural work in our organization

We have been organizing motivational meetings and courses for intercultural workers for a long time. We have also encouraged negotiations on the establishment of intercultural work as a new profession among interested Czech associations and ministries. Would you like to learn about the content of our training in the specific areas?

The terms intercultural work, mediation etc. have been used for a rather long time not only abroad, but also in the Czech Republic. Our organization has stimulated negotiations on the establishment of intercultural work as a new profession through negotiations among interested Czech associations and ministries.

We have organized several motivational meetings and courses for intercultural workers in Bohemia and Moravia and we have trained the intercultural workers in the following areas:

court interpreting
community interpreting
translation activities
training activities in the field of intercultural work
training activities in the field of teaching Czech language to children and adults
intercultural assistance
intercultural mediation and facilitation.

We start the training of intercultural workers with lectures and seminars and later on the intercultural workers take an exam including a practical demonstration of gained skills in the field and in real situations. The participants of the training receive specific recommendations in order to increase the efficiency of their activities and their professionalism. Later on, those interested in continuing the cooperation take part in an intensive mentoring programme which may last from several weeks to years, depending on their needs. Those participants who according to us are able to practise intercultural work receive a positive reference from our organization. They then decide whether they wish to continue working with us or not.

Thanks to our trained associates, we are able to offer services related to intercultural work.

Content of our training in the specific areas

court interpreting
- types and kinds of interpreting
- ethics of interpreting
- role of an interpreter
- professional vocabulary
- principles and use of community interpreting in court interpreting
- practical activities of interpreters

community interpreting
- sociolinguistics and communication in interpreting
- comparison of Vietnamese and Czech as a preparation for interpreting
- basics of social psychology of communication
- introduction to community interpreting
- interpreting notation
- role of an interpreter
- vocabulary related to the areas of identification of persons, administrative system, law, health care, and education
- interpreting from text
- whispered interpreting
- interpreting model situations
- practical training in interpreting
- mentored interpreting

translation activities
- reading modern texts
- oral presentation in Vietnamese
- translation analysis
- text analysis and abstract
- analysis of selected concepts
- translations

training activities in the field of intercultural work
- differences in languages and community interpreting
- migration and change of cultural environment
- information about Czech culture and Vietnamese culture
- multicultural and intercultural concepts of practice
- basics of training skills
- cooperation between a trainer and an interpreter
- basics of intercultural communication
- intercultural differences
- intercultural issues and disputes resolution

training activities in the field of teaching Czech language to children and adults
- cultural background of the course participants
- basics of training activities and pedagogy
- comparison of the languages
- methodology of interpretation of specific language phenomena based on the linguistic comparison
- basic professional vocabulary

intercultural assistance
- differences in languages and community interpreting
- migration and change of cultural environment
- information about Czech culture and Vietnamese culture
- multicultural and intercultural concepts of practice
- basics of training skills
- cooperation between a trainer and an interpreter
- basics of intercultural communication
- intercultural differences
- intercultural issues and disputes resolution
- basics of social intervention
- conducting an initial interview
- mediation and facilitation