Switzerland Parliament Simultaneous Translation (b/w photo)

In October 1946, simultaneous translation into the four national languages English, French, Italian and Romansh was used for the first time in the National Council Hall in Berne - for the time being only as a trial. The members of the national parliamentary group presidents' conference are testing the newly installed facility for the first time. The trials will show whether the Council will decide on the final installation. The heads of the experiments in the National Council Hall with a group of interpreters from the Swiss School of Interpreting in Geneva. From right to left Federal Chancellor Oskar Leimgruber, National Councillor Rene Robert, Professor Antoine Velleman and left outside editor Boeschenstein.