From September 21st to 22, under the invitation of our college, the United Nations Office at Geneva conference management Secretary and director, chief interpreter professor Li Zhengren gave three lectures to MTI teachers and students on The training of UN interpreters”, which is widely praised by Nankai students and staff.
In his first lecture, Li Zhengren introduced the content and structure of the United Nations permanent organization and the United Nations interpreter, as well as the requirements and procedures for applying for United Nations interpreters, based on years of work experience. At the same time, he made consecutive exercises to development prospects not sustainable energy hazards and the sustainable energy for the material, with a house-for-pension scheme news interpretation allowing students to better understand the main skills of simultaneous interpretation, and the C-E interpreting training method. In the second lecture, Li Zhengren selected speech international refugee problem as the translation of SI material, and speech of the former Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan at the annual meeting of the Davos speech. He corrected students’ problems in the process of translation and he personally did the interpretation. The third lecture is more difficult. The E-C selection is the American Secretary of state Hilary international food security speech video, and the C-E selection is the speech by Chinese ambassador Liu Jieyi, permanent representative to the United Nations in the explanatory statement Security Council voting the draft resolution of chemical weapons in Syria. In the two materials, the speaker spoke faster, which brought great pressure to the interpretation. Li Zhengren's humorous words dissolved the tension of the students and encouraged them to continue their efforts on the way of interpretation. Li Zhengren's lectures on illustration and theory really enable translation teachers and students to understand the world's top interpreting standards and the professional challenges in high-profile international organizations.
Li Zhengren, who joined the UN translation work in 1984, has accumulated rich practical experience in interpreting. He was employed as a part-time professor at the Foreign Languages College of Nankai University in 2006. As the representative of the United Nations, Li Zhengren is currently president of the United Nations, the European Union Chinese interpretation test judges interpreters scholarship judges, the United Nations Office at Geneva and chairman of the appeal board.
Li Zhengren also had in-depth negotiations with college Party Committee Leading Group on sending students to international organizations for internships.
