The International Maritime Organization (IMO) launched a video presenting what happens “behind the scenes” of an IMO Conference, what the preparations are and who are the key contributors to making everything ready for a meeting.
Specifically, behind the preparation of a Conference, a team of interpreters are responsible for ensuring that the meetings are available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Zhang Guangbo, a Chinese interpreter commented that
IMO meetings are particularly technical. Besides the very technical and specialized nature, the meetings of IMO are also of high political sensitivity.
In addition, there is also a team of translators, translating all documents in up to 6 languages, with some
The meetings also are supported by a team of Meeting Services taking care of registration, accreditation and technical support.
Concluding, word processing units and terminology section ensure documents meet the highest standards, using the latest technology.
