UNE-EN ISO 20108:2018

This document sets out requirements for the quality and content of sound and image input to

interpreters and specifies the characteristics of the audio and video signals. The components of typical

interpreting systems are specified in ISO 20109. Together with either permanent (ISO 2603) or mobile

(ISO 4043) booths, these interpreting systems form the interpreters working environment. In addition

to setting out the requirements for on-site interpreting, where participants (speakers and members

of the audience) and interpreters are at the same location, this standard specifies requirements for

different varieties of distance interpreting situations in which the interpreters are not at the same

location as one or more of the conference participants.

This document also addresses the work of producers and providers of simultaneous interpreting

equipment and technical staff.

In conjunction with either ISO 2603 or ISO 4043, ISO 20108 and ISO 20109 provide the relevant

requirements both for the quality and transmission of sound and image provided to interpreters and

for the equipment needed in the booths, the conference room and the distant site(s).