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Simultaneous Interpretation for EU Leaders at Hampton Court
History was made on an unseasonably warm and sunny day at the end of October when, for the first time ever in the United Kingdom, all the heads of the enlarged EU met together in Hampton Court’s Great Hall.
Having responded to an invitation to tender, Brähler ICS was selected by the UK Government to provide the 21 language channel simultaneous interpretation system. Brähler supplied their flagship CDS-VAN digital system which, unlike competing systems, has a maximum capacity of 32 uncompressed digital audio channels and runs on industry standard CAT5 computer cable.
History was made for the second time at this event due to space limitations in the Great Hall. For the first time ever at such a high level EU summit the Interpreter booths were located outside the main meeting room. Discreet “Big Brother” broadcast quality cameras were placed strategically in the Great Hall and the images relayed to an adjacent Interpreter Marquee. Brähler provided a total of 22 interpretation booths in the marquee fitted with 67 CDS-VAN digital interpreter consoles.
Simon Sainsbury - MD of Brähler’s UK operation - oversaw the entire project with a team of experienced conference technicians drawn from three different Brähler branches. “As the largest ever EU meeting of heads held outside a fixed conference centre in Brussels or Strasbourg and the first EU meeting ever to use remote interpreting we knew we were facing some new challenges. I am very proud of my team and of the performance of our outstanding CDS-VAN digital system.”
CDS-VAN is a full DSP based system which means users have a large array of digital processing devices available for immediate use.
“During rehearsals we noticed a slight delay between the camera image displayed to the interpreters and audio signal they were listening to. In seconds we were able to drop in a “virtual” audio time delay and immediately we had perfect lip sync. No other system has the scope and flexibility of our CDS-VAN.”
In picture: the leaders commence their meeting in the Great Hall.
22nd November 2005
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