Lessons From Uhura: The Future of Interpretation
I admit it: I'm a fan of Star Trek. It started with The Next Generation when I was a teenager and we finally got cable TV. Deep Space Nine was…
Terp Summit 2021 or: First CPD of the year
This past Monday through Wednesday was the premier of Terp Summit, a conference for interpreters that will hopefully be repeated and become a regular thing in the future, whether online…
Let me tell you about two great guys (again)
I already wrote about them before, but I'm just so excited, I have to do it again, especially since they are about to publish another great resource, "The tablet interpreting…
FBI to the defense
Whatever you may thing of the FBI and its activities otherwise, it can teach the world quite a bit about professional, high-quality translation and interpretation. As Marie Brotnov wrote in…
Interpretation – a closer look, part II
If you have experienced simultaneous interpretation on the listener end but never tried it themselves - or if you're just curious what challenges are involved, here's an interesting (and funny)…
Interpretation – a closer look, part I
For those of you who may have experienced interpretation on the listener end but never tried it themselves - or if you're just curious what this "real-time translation" (not really…