HUNGARY
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Country: |
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Official or co-official languages |
Hungarian |
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Brief description of linguistic diversity |
The 1993 Minoirittes Act classifed langauges of recognized nationalities including Croatian, German, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene. Romanian, Romani, Polish, and Ukrainian are also present in Hungary. |
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Foundations: |
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Current legislative mandates for LIT and certification |
Legislation on court inteprering dates back to 1986 and has not been modified. It stipulates that interpreters working in the coursts must hold "an initerpreting/translating ID". |
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Responsible parties: |
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Current accrediting bodies |
A few respected universities who offer 2-year post graduate study programs and canissue the interpreting/translating ID card. There is no undergraduate training in T&I. |
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Does register exist? |
Card system used. |
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Who develops certification exams? |
universities |
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Who/How many rate performances? |
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Collaboration |
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Test Format: |
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T & I in one exam? |
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Screening exam? Describe. |
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Test type/format |
Langauge proficiency test in two foreign languages and a separate written and oral test. Details not available.
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Domains tested |
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Scoring |
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Transparency: |
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Website? Dissemination of info about certification |
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Requirements to sit exam |
Requirements are for admission to the post-graduate program and include a first level university degree in any subject and a test of langauge proficiency.
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Sample questions or practice exam available? |
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Additional qualifications for certification (experience, training, educational level, nationality) |
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Cost to candidate/#of locations/ frequency |
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Feedback on exam performance |
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Score grievance procedure available |
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Maximum nº of sittings |
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Permanent or renewable certification | |
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Post-certification: |
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Revocation of certification possible? |
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If so, for what reasons? |
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Performance monitored? If so, how? |
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