The 44th WorldSkills Competition
The 44th WorldSkills Competition, the world’s greatest skills excellence event, was held in Abu Dhabi this year.
Starting on the 10th with a spectacular Opening Ceremony the event, after 5 days of competitions, ended with the prizegiving and closing ceremony.
Aimed at inspiring young people to study technical education for entrepreneurship and career, WorldSkills is the world championship of skills and the greatest international vocational skills competition, with challenges in sectors such as building technology, creative arts and fashion, information and communication technology, social e personal services, transportation and logistics and manufacturing and engineering technology.
What did the Langpros team do there?
No official competition was held on language skills, but due to the participation of about 1300 competitors from over 60 countries, communication challenges were on the agenda every day.
For this reason, The Langpros Team of professionals was chosen to provide consecutive interpreting services for the entire duration of the event, with 14 experienced language mediators side by side to the young competitors and their teachers in the 51 different disciplines to facilitate communications with judges and experts across different skills in the competition.
Interpreters were directly involved in the competitions, playing a key role in supporting the students during their performances, translating questions and answers on technical aspects of the tasks to be completed, general rules and all messages to be conveyed to the participants and vice versa.
The Mediators assigned to the different teams have been working passionately, using their expertise and preparation to discuss a wide range of specific and highly technical topics such as cooking and patisserie, automobile technology, manufacturing, graphics and web design, beauty and much more.
Facts and Figures
Launched in 1950 the competition is held every two years in a different country and for the first time, this year in the Middle East and North Africa region.
This edition was expected to be the largest WorldSkills Competition ever held, with 10,000 international visitors and 100,000 visitors from the UAE.
The event was held under the patronage of His Highness Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nayahn, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed forces.
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