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We live in a time of modern technology, which is rapidly developing in leaps and bounds. It allows us to progress and brings us new possibilities to improve our daily lives with quicker and easier communication. Information is accessible on all sides, wherever and whenever we need it. Modern technology provides us a great deal of convenience. But does technology provide the support that it appears to, for sign language interpreters and for users of interpreting services? Do sign language interpreters feel they cannot improve, that they have reached their limits or that they are obsolete like...

Currently, the availability and quality of sign language interpreting training programmes throughout Europe is inconsistent. In many of the member countries formal training programmes have yet to be established and the existing programmes vary greatly in terms of length, educational level and learning outcomes. This hinders Deaf people's right to access because the quality of the interpreting services cannot be guaranteed. In 2011 the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli) launched a consultation process involving more than one hundred sign language interpreters and trainers...

The purpose of "Assessment Guidelines" is to present a set of possible types of assessment which are in use throughout Europe when assessing learning outcomes within educational programmes. The efsli "Learning Outcomes for Graduates of a Three Year Sign Language Interpreting Programme," served as a basis for the discussion in the Dublin workshops and provided the point of reference for the present guidelines. However, while these guidelines are pitched at a three-year undergraduate course, it is our hope that this document will also function as a point of reference and resource to those who...