{"id":9988,"date":"2013-06-28T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/news-from-booth-municipal-setup\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T11:34:27","slug":"news-from-booth-municipal-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/en\/news-from-booth-municipal-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"News from the booth – The municipal setup"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\nI was on an
\ninterpreting assignment yesterday afternoon, relieving a colleague who had been
\nworking the morning shift at a conference organized by the city of N. Having
\nworked for them before under less-than-perfect conditions (that’ll be the topic
\nof another post), I was curious what the setup would be like.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWhen I got
\nthere, the booth sat in nice view of the stage and screen, the technician was
\nliterally within arm’s reach, and there was water and glasses and electricity.
\nYeah, I thought happily, they did it right! <\/span><\/div>\n
\nI had to
\nsmile at the sight of the single and somewhat ancient microphone without a mute
\noption, but in exchange, the almost sound-proof headphones had a little volume
\ncontrol slide button on the cables. On mine only the right side worked, but
\nthat was okay, since I prefer to hear myself and would have left one ear
\nuncovered anyway.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The final setup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nHowever,
\nthis was the setup only after<\/b> my
\ncolleague and the technician had rebelled in the morning – the original setup
\nhad included a speaker instead of headphones, although my colleague had been
\nvery specific about what was needed beforehand?! And the customer only agreed
\nto get the headphones after they explained to him that the people listening
\nwould hear the interpretation as well as the original, and that in stereo, from
\nthe stage and from their headsets. The fact that the interpreters would have a
\nhard time working under such circumstances was apparently <\/span>not <\/span>convincing
\nenough…<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn any case,
\nthe customer came to us afterwards and expressed his extreme gratitude at our wonderful
\n“translation” and how thankful he was that we had been there, so
\nmaybe next time he’ll remember to listen to the requirements of the
\ninterpreters and do the setup right from the start\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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