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The Directorate-General for Interpretation (also known as DG Interpretation and SCIC for its former French name ''Service Commun Interprétation-Conférences'') is a 
Directorate-General for Interpretation
Interpretation Language policy of the European Union {{EU-stub
Directorate-General
Within the European Union, Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility, the equivalent of ministries at a national level. Most are headed by a European Commissioner, responsible for the general direction of the Dir ...
of the European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...
.
It is the European Commission's interpreting service and conference
A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic.
Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main p ...
organiser and provides interpreters
Interpreting is a translational activity in which one produces a first and final target-language output on the basis of a one-time exposure to an expression in a source language.
The most common two modes of interpreting are simultaneous interp ...
for around 11,000 meetings every year, thus being the largest interpreting service in the world.
DG Interpretation manages the allocation of Commission meeting rooms and provides support for the smooth running of meetings in many languages that are held there. It also organises conferences for Directorates-General and departments of the Commission, typically in the range of over 40 main events per year.
In 2016, Florika Fink-Hooijer
Florika Fink-Hooijer is a European civil servant at the European Commission. She leads the Directorate General for the Environment, which holds large responsibilities under the European Green Deal.
She joined the European Commission in 1990 a ...
became the Director-General of DG Interpretation. In 2020, Genoveva Ruiz Calavera took over the role after Fink-Hooijer stepped down.
See also
*European Commissioner for Budget and Administration
The European Commissioner for Budget and Administration is the member of the European Commission who is responsible for negotiating and managing the EU budget. The current commissioner is Johannes Hahn.
The portfolio is primarily responsible fo ...
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Directorate-General for Interpretation
Interpretation Language policy of the European Union {{EU-stub