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The '''Directorate-General for Interpretation''' (also known as '''DG Interpretation''' and '''SCIC''' for its former [[French language|French]] name ''Service Commun Interprétation-Conférences'') is a [[Directorate-General]] of the [[European Commission]]. 
It is the European Commission's [[language interpretation|interpreting]] service and [[Convention (meeting)|conference]] organiser and provides [[language interpretation|interpreters]] 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 [[European Civil Service#Directorates-General|Directorates-General and departments of the Commission]], typically in the range of over 40 main events per year.

In 2016, [[Florika Fink-Hooijer]] became the Director-General of DG Interpretation. In 2020, Genoveva Ruiz Calavera took over the role after Fink-Hooijer stepped down.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-13|title=Genoveva Ruiz Calavera Is the European Commission’s New Chief Interpreter|url=https://slator.com/people-moves/genoveva-ruiz-calavera-is-the-european-commissions-new-chief-interpreter/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Slator|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Vassiliou Benedetti 2011-12-12 1.JPG|thumb|left|[[Androulla Vassiliou]], former [[European Commissioner]] responsible for interpretation (until 2014), and [[Marco Benedetti]], former head of Commission's Directorate-General for Interpretation]]

==See also==
* [[European Commissioner for Budget and Administration]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://ec.europa.eu/interpretation/ Directorate-General for Interpretation]

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[[Category:Directorates-General in the European Commission|Interpretation]]
[[Category:Language policy of the European Union]]


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