A blonde, 25-year-old woman walked nervously into a large classroom in Geneva one day last week for one of the most exhausting ordeals of her life. Before her sat six facultymen, including experts in English, French and Italian. Behind, a crowd of students waited eagerly to see her perform. They had good reason for wanting to do so: of 750 students at the Interpreters' School, Giovanna Cuirlo of Genoa was the only one found qualified this term to try for the school's highest prizeĀthe conference (or parliamentary) interpreter's certificate.
As Giovanna took her seat and opened her pad, the school's Dean...
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