A Comprehensive Guide to Sign Language Interpreting in Europe 2016 Edition

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A Comprehensive Guide to Sign Language Interpreting in Europe

This publication gives an overview of the organizations, educational programs, and employment situations of sign language interpreters across 45 European countries and regions. This is the fifth updated edition, following publications in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012.

Qualitative and quantitative survey data allow an in-depth analysis of the current state of affairs in the European field of sign language interpreting. This study also allows you to make at-a-glance comparisons between individual countries and to anticipate future trends.

Sign Language Interpreting in Europe is based on a 2016 survey that was conducted among national organizations of sign language interpreters in 45 European countries and regions. The findings of the survey were supplemented with information collected from several publications on sign language interpreting throughout Europe.

Maya de Wit

Maya de Wit is a qualified Dutch Sign Language interpreter, RID-certified ASL interpreter, and International Sign interpreter.

She interprets between Dutch, English, German, Dutch Sign Language, American Sign Language, and International Sign. In addition, Maya is an international trainer who provides presentations and seminars on sign language user rights, cooperation between interpreters and consumers, ethics, and sign language interpreting techniques and skills for specific settings.

From 2006 until September 2012, Maya was president of the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters (efsli). During her presidency, she represented the interests of sign language interpreters at a European level, including at the Council of Europe, the European Commission, and the European Parliament.

Maya was also a board member of the European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association (EULITA) and worked for ten years as the policy officer for the Dutch Association of Sign Language Interpreters (NBTG).

Maya obtained her master's degree in the first European Master in Sign Language Interpreting (EUMASLI) in 2011. Her research explored the role of the sign language interpreter in inclusive education in relation to Deaf people's views on their quality of life.

In 2014, she became the first sign language interpreter in the world to become a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC). In 2015, she was accredited by WASLI as an International Sign interpreter.

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