Resources
Notes from the booth and the ballroom.
Practical articles for event organisers and interpreters, written and reviewed by the Sim Trans team. What we have learned running multilingual events in the UAE.
- Interpretation for government events in the UAE: confidentiality, records and protocol Interpretation at UAE government events: private sessions, data retention, transcripts for minutes, Arabic-first protocol and human interpreters.
- How many languages does a Gulf audience need? Planning language coverage Plan language coverage for a UAE or GCC event: read your audience data, rank up to 12 live channels and handle long-tail languages and late requests.
- Arabic–English live interpretation: what organisers in the UAE should know What UAE organisers should know when booking an Arabic English interpreter or AI interpretation: dialects, code-switching, honorifics, dates and protocol.
- How to prepare a glossary for an interpreted event A practical guide to building a glossary for interpreters: what to include, how to format it, when to send it and who checks it. Free Excel template.
- Interpretation booths and receivers vs a phone-based system: cost, setup and logistics compared An honest comparison of interpretation booths and receivers with a phone-based system: equipment, set-up time, floor space, staffing and what drives cost.
- Live captions at events: accessibility, noisy rooms and multilingual audiences How live captions for events help deaf and hard of hearing guests, noisy halls and multilingual audiences, with honest limits and a practical set-up.
- AI interpretation vs human interpreters: a decision checklist for organisers Choosing between AI interpretation and human interpreters? Eight questions on risk, audio, languages, speakers and records to decide session by session.
- How to plan a multilingual event in the UAE: the complete checklist A week-by-week checklist for multilingual events in the UAE: languages, AI or human interpreters, venue audio, Wi-Fi, QR codes, glossary and rehearsal.