在电影《翻译风波》里，妮可·基德曼饰演了联合国翻译员Silvia Broome，一位从事语言研究的专家。当她窃听到对一位非洲独裁者的刺杀计划时，她的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。

　　电影中发生的事情，在现实职业翻译人员的生活中几乎是不可能出现的。但是随着世界的全球化，不同文化与语言背景的人们都聚在一起交流商务、政治、法律，以及技术方面的各种事宜。职业会议翻译在这种环境下就能起到非常重要的作用，促进政府与商业部门之间的多语种交流。

　　2008年，西悉尼大学将会在其Bankstown校区开设会议翻译方面的高级职业学位。会议口译硕士学位旨在培养职业会议口译所需要的理论基础与实践技能。该专业共有8门课，适合获得NAAI认证或者具有同等资历的在职口译人员，进一步拓展其在国内外会议翻译领域的技能。

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　　In the film The Interpreter, Nicole Kidman stars as Silvia Broome, a United Nations interpreter and an expert in an obscure language, whose life is turned upside down when she overhears a plot to kill a much hated African dictator, just days before his appearance at the UN.

　　The movie may depict a highly unlikely event in the life of a professional interpreter, however,in an increasingly globalised world, people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds meet every day to discuss an array of business, political, legal and technical issues. Professional conference interpreters work in this exciting environment playing a vital role to facilitate multilingual communication at the highest levels of business and government.

　　The University of Western Sydney will offer an advanced professional degree in Conference Interpreting at its Bankstown campus beginning in 2008.

　　The Master of Conference Interpreting course caters to fluent bilinguals who wish to obtain the theoretical background and acquire the high level skills necessary to practise as professional conference interpreters. It aims to equip students with training in consecutive and simultaneous interpreting.

　　Comprising eight units of study, the course is suitable for practicing interpreters accredited with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, (NAATI), or equivalent qualifications, who wish to further develop their skills in order to work in the national and international conference interpreting arena.