2nd Tourism Days "Crisis Management"

Turizm Günleri (Tourism Days) was held on May 11, 2023, at the Conference Hall of Izmir Economics University. The event was organized by the Travel and Language Programs Coordination. Prominent figures from the tourism, aviation and translation/interpreting industry attended the event. The panel guests for the Applied English Translation Program were Interpreter and Lecturer Alev Tison, Translator and member of the Translators Association of the Aegean Region, Soner Üstün, Osman Kürşat Serttürk, and Interpreter Barış Yıldırım.

In the session titled "Crisis Management in Translation/Interpreting," the speakers shared their ideas and experiences regarding crises that occur in various translation fields and how to manage them. In addition to students from the Applied English Translation Program, students from Balçova Anatolian High School specializing in language studies also participated as listeners.

During the workshop on interpreting led by interpreter and lecturer Asiye Öztürk (PhD), interpreter Barış Yıldırım, students from the high school and the translation program had the opportunity to engage in a simulation of oral translation.