CTTIC Webinar Series: Consecutive Interpreting Toolkit

You are warmly invited to join two practical, skills-based workshops designed to strengthen interpreting performance and confidence. The first deals with core interpreting skills, while the second delves into practical note-taking systems for interpreters.

These sessions are suitable for professional translators and early-career interpreters, and anyone looking to refresh core techniques.

This webinar is offered by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC) in collaboration with ATIO.

Workshop 1: Core Interpreting Skills (Practice-Focused)
Date: March 9, 2026, 7-9 p.m. Eastern time
A hands-on workshop covering essential interpreting techniques such as memory, active listening, anticipation, chunking, reformulation, clarification requests, and self-monitoring. Participants will work through realistic scenarios to build accuracy, flow, and confidence under time pressure.

Workshop 2: Note-Taking for Interpreters (Practice-Focused)
Date: March 25, 2026, 7-9 p.m. Eastern time
 A practical workshop on note-taking systems used in consecutive interpreting, focusing on structure, symbols, abbreviations, and strategies for capturing the ideas. Participants will practice with short texts, speeches, read back from notes and learn how to produce efficient notes that support accurate delivery.

There will be a Q&A session at the end of the workshop. This workshop will be conducted in English only.

LOCATION
ONLINE using Zoom

PRICE
$50+tax for either Workshop 1 or Workshop 2
$80+tax for both.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
March 6, 2026 at 12 p.m. Eastern time for both workshops
March 6, 2026 at 12 p.m. Eastern time for Workshop 1
March 24, 2026 at 12 p.m. Eastern time for Workshop 2

The webinar will be presented in English. 
Zoom links will be sent to registrants one day before the event.

Registrants will have access to the recording for 30 days following their session. The link to access the webinar recording and materials will be sent to registrants two days after each event. Certificates of attendance will be sent to participants who attend each workshop.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ozum Arzik-Erzurumlu, PhD. is a full-time faculty member at University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Program in Translation and Interpreting Studies. Holding a PhD in Translation Studies and an MA in International Relations, Dr. Arzik-Erzurumlu’s research interests encompass various aspects of interpretation, including conference interpreting, sociology of interpreting, interpreting technology, interpreter training, and interpreting history. Her research has appeared in several journals including Translation and Interpreting Studies and Interpreting. Across international conferences and invited events—including AIIC USA, ATISA, ATA, NETA, EST, IATIS, and university lecture series—she has presented research on conference and remote interpreting, showing how technology, gender, cognition, social media, and emotional labor reshape interpreter agency, ethics, quality, and professional practice.

She is a professional conference interpreter with Turkish (A), English (B) and Spanish (C). She has interpreted American Presidents for various Turkish broadcasters since 2006 and remains an active member of the Turkish Conference Interpreters’ Association. Her manuscript, Reimagining conference interpreting in the age of AI, will be published by Routledge in May 2026.