SLOVENIA

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Official or co-official languages |
Slovene |
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Brief description of linguistic diversity |
Italian, Hungarian,Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian. |
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Current legislative mandates for LIT and certification |
Certification is mandatory by law. While judges require only qualified LITs, police and asylum authorities have their own lists where not all of the interpreters are certified. |
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Responsible parties: |
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Current accrediting bodies |
The national certification center CIP (Center za izobrazevanje v pravosodju) |
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Does a register exist? |
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Who develops certification exams? |
The national certification center CIP. Exams have not changed in the last decades and include: written translation (both ways) and an oral exam, including basic knowledge about the political structure of Slovenia and criminal procedures. Raters are mostly interpreters and translators, professors from the Faculty of Law, and linguists. About 5 people per exam. |
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Who/How many rate performances? |
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Collaboration |
Prior to taking the exam, all candidates must complete a short seminar offered by the CIP (current cost 400€). The seminar is taught by LITs and professors of law, but is just an introduction and is not a sufficient preparation for the exams. The university Department for Translation, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, offers courses in legal translation taught by linguists and lawyers together. The Slovene Translators Association (LIT section) also offers training courses.
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Test Format: |
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T & I in one exam? |
There is no interpreting test, only a written translation test and an oral exam covering basic knowledge of the political structure and the criminal justice system. |
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Screening exam? Describe. |
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Test type/format |
Written translation of a legal text in both directions. Oral exercise.
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Domains tested |
Law, languages, work of a LIT
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Scoring |
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Transparency: |
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Website? Dissemination of info about certification |
The CIP’s website is quite clear and provides links to all the information.
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Requirements to sit exam |
University diploma and Slovene nationality, also a clean criminal record. The requirements are the same for all languages, but the exams are organized more frequently for the ‘bigger’ languages.
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Sample questions or practice exam available? |
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Additional qualifications for certification (experience, training, educational level, nationality) |
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Cost to candidate/#of locations/ frequency |
Exam: 270 EUR. Compulsory preparatory seminar: 400 EUR. The written exam is offered every month in Ljubljana, with the oral exam offered seven days later. |
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Feedback on exam performance |
7 days after the oral exam |
Score grievance procedure available |
No |
Maximum nº of sittings |
3 times. If not successful, 5 years must elapse before sitting again |
Permanent or renewable certification | Under new regulations, certification is to be renewed every 5 years (proofs of attendance to 5 further training courses/seminars must me submitted). |
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Revocation of certification possible? |
There have been no cases of revocation. |
If so, for what reasons? |
New regulations make it possible for revocation if requirements for renewal not met. |
Performance monitored? If so, how? |
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