Interpreting plays a crucial role in the asylum process, ensuring clear communication between applicants, asylum authorities, legal representatives, and other stakeholders. This work requires specialist knowledge of asylum procedures, terminology, and professional standards.

Interpreting plays a crucial role in the asylum process, ensuring clear communication between applicants, asylum authorities, legal representatives, and other stakeholders. This work requires specialist knowledge of asylum procedures, terminology, and professional standards.

Community Interpreter Training

Since 2016, the Irish Refugee Council has delivered training for bilingual speakers interested in working as interpreters in the asylum context. Courses have been provided for Arabic–English and French–English speakers.

What Participants Learn

• The asylum context and procedures
• The interpreter’s role, including ethics and boundaries
• Core interpreting principles and skills, with a focus on asylum settings
• International and national standards for professional interpretation