SOS from an aspiring interpreter Thread poster: bosbosoriginal
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Hello,
my mother language is Italian, I would like to pass the test to join ESIT.
In the same time I searched for other schools, in France and Belgium but it seems that they doesn't allow me to join with italian as my language A, the only way could be to enter with french B as A.
So I'm confused and I don't know if I should accept or not this proposition.
What do you think about?
Do you know other schools where I could try?
Thank you!
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United Kingdom
Local time: 09:18
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| Level of your languages. | Mar 19, 2010 |
bosbosoriginal wrote:
Hello,
my mother language is Italian, I would like to pass the test to join ESIT.
In the same time I searched for other schools, in France and Belgium but it seems that they doesn't allow me to join with italian as my language A, the only way could be to enter with french B as A.
So I'm confused and I don't know if I should accept or not this proposition.
What do you think about?
Do you know other schools where I could try?
Thank you!
ESIT requires both French and English to be of a very high level. If you choose French as A, you will have to know it at the same level as Italian (no looking for words or expressions) and even at C-level your English has to be very good.
"They doesn't allow"-English will not make you pass the tests. It is a basic mistake against English grammar.
Out of a couple of hundred people who participate in the admission tests, 30 on an average are admitted in all the languages combinations.
ETI-Geneva offers Italian as A.
For this year, you are too late. Don't know whether you always write without punctuation. The first part of the admission test consist of translations in your A-language.
You could try http://www.sslmit.units.it with Italian A or Westminster with Italian as A, but with what combination and given the levels of both schools, won't it be better to live in a French or English-language environment for a year. I doubt that English spoken like Captain Bertorelli will be acceptable. How good are your proverbs and cultural references in your B or C-languages and their equivalent in your A-language.
Whatever you choose, all the schools require a high level of all your languages. Not: I "know" French and English and.... (you need at least two foreign languages), but I have a superior knowledge of my A-language and a very good knowledge of C-languages.
As long as you don't possess an adquate domination of the language, did not read a newspaper every day in all your working languages and compared how newspapers relate current-day events in different languages, as long as you did not read a weekly and a monthly and this at least five-three (minimum) months before their tests, your chances to get in are not very good. It is better to wait a year.
[Edited at 2010-03-19 17:55 GMT]
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Thank you Teacher!
| | | | | Wondering... | Mar 19, 2010 |
Do you have something against Trieste (SSLMIT)? They are in the EMCI network, I'd think they are the obvious choice for Italian speakers.
Are you hell bent on living in a French-speaking area?
I'd definitely pick a course that offers Italian A, be it in Italy, France or Belgium.
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| nothing against Trieste | Mar 20, 2010 |
FarkasAndras wrote:
Do you have something against Trieste (SSLMIT)? They are in the EMCI network, I'd think they are the obvious choice for Italian speakers.
Are you hell bent on living in a French-speaking area?
I'd definitely pick a course that offers Italian A, be it in Italy, France or Belgium.
I have nothing against Trieste but as I live in France I'm searching something here.
Thanks
| | | | Williamson
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:18
Flemish to English
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bosbosoriginal wrote: FarkasAndras wrote:
Do you have something against Trieste (SSLMIT)? They are in the EMCI network, I'd think they are the obvious choice for Italian speakers.
Are you hell bent on living in a French-speaking area?
I'd definitely pick a course that offers Italian A, be it in Italy, France or Belgium. I have nothing against Trieste but as I live in France I'm searching something here. Thanks
In France, you have ESIT, ISIT, University of Strassbourg (Marc Bloch), none with Italian as A-language. I am not a professor. All the schools mentioned have admission tests. Up to you to pass them. Making basic mistakes against one of your working-languages will make eyebrows frown. Also have a look at www.ciuti.org
[Edited at 2010-03-20 12:03 GMT]
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Williamson wrote: bosbosoriginal wrote: FarkasAndras wrote:
Do you have something against Trieste (SSLMIT)? They are in the EMCI network, I'd think they are the obvious choice for Italian speakers.
Are you hell bent on living in a French-speaking area?
I'd definitely pick a course that offers Italian A, be it in Italy, France or Belgium. I have nothing against Trieste but as I live in France I'm searching something here. Thanks In France, you have ESIT, ISIT, University of Strassbourg (Marc Bloch), none with Italian as A-language. I am not a professor. All the schools mentioned have admission tests. Up to you to pass them. Making basic mistakes against one of your working-languages will make eyebrows frown. Also have a look at www.ciuti.org[Edited at 2010-03-20 12:03 GMT]
Esit and Isit admits students with italian as A-language. Strasbourg doesn't.
| | | | Williamson
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:18
Flemish to English
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| Contradiction. | Mar 22, 2010 |
You contradict yourself. In your posting you say that ESIT does not admit people with Italian A. In your last, you say they do. From what I've heard (on the grapevine), if there are sufficient students to set up a year with Italian as A or special incentives coming from Brussels (EU) such a training people with Estonian A, they will do so. So, that leaves only ISIT. Is more costly. You'd better start saving for next year. If not, you'll have to go to Italy.
[Edited at 2010-03-22 13... See more You contradict yourself. In your posting you say that ESIT does not admit people with Italian A. In your last, you say they do. From what I've heard (on the grapevine), if there are sufficient students to set up a year with Italian as A or special incentives coming from Brussels (EU) such a training people with Estonian A, they will do so. So, that leaves only ISIT. Is more costly. You'd better start saving for next year. If not, you'll have to go to Italy.
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| never said that | Mar 22, 2010 |
Williamson wrote:
You contradict yourself. In your posting you say that ESIT does not admit people with Italian A. In your last, you say they do. From what I've heard (on the grapevine), if there are sufficient students to set up a year with Italian as A or special incentives coming from Brussels (EU) such a training people with Estonian A, they will do so. So, that leaves only ISIT. Is more costly. You'd better start saving for next year. If not, you'll have to go to Italy.
[Edited at 2010-03-22 13:31 GMT]
[Edited at 2010-03-22 13:32 GMT]
I never said that ESIT doesn't admit people with Italian A. I was referring to Belgian schools.
Thanks anyway for your help.
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