Editing Language interpretation (section)

===Conference===
[[File:Heads of Delegation meeting, 11 December (38130168095).jpg|thumb|Interpreting booths at a conference by the World Trade Organization 2017]]
Conference interpreting refers to interpretation at a conference or large meeting, either simultaneously or consecutively. The advent of multi-lingual meetings has reduced the amount of consecutive interpretation in the last 20 years{{reltime|date=March 2025}}.

Conference interpretation is divided between two markets: institutional and private. International institutions (European Union, United Nations, EPO, et cetera), which hold multilingual meetings, often favor interpreting several foreign languages into the interpreters' mother tongues. Local private markets tend to have bilingual meetings (the local language plus another), and the interpreters work both into and out of their mother tongues. These markets are not mutually exclusive. The [[International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC)]] is the only worldwide association of conference interpreters. Founded in 1953, its membership includes more than 2,800 professional conference interpreters, in more than 90 countries.