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Parliamentary interpretation was introduced in the House of Commons of the Parliament of
Canada on January 15, 1959, fifty years ago this year. The author describes the stages of
establishing this new service and gives the names and background of the first seven
interpreters. He also shows that, at the time, interpretation was perceived by the Members of
Parliament and journalists as a constitutional necessity in a country officially bilingual.
Thanks to the interpretation, the French unilingual MPs participated more actively in the
political debates which took place mostly in English before. The interpretation has
contributed to strengthen parliamentary democracy, institutional bilingualism and national unity.

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Abstract/ Résumé
 I. Introduction
 II. La genèse du service
 III. Les interprètes de la première heure
 IV. Les interprètes, au coeur de la vie parlementaire

저자

• Jean DELISLE [ University of Ottawa ]

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