Sad as much as we are of missing the outstanding interpreting event of the century (literally speaking!), “100 Years of Conference Interpreting”, in Geneve (3-4 October)? We have a palliative solution! Below you can find the links to watch the videos of the entire event. Enjoy! Programme (https://www.unige.ch/fti/conf1nt100/program/) DAY 1: 1. Official inauguration CONFERENCE INTERPRETING PRACTICE 2.…
BP will probably sound familiar to you already if you are a translator or interpreter. It is a brilliant translation conference, organised on an annual basis by Csaba Bán since 2014: BP14 in Budapest, Hungary; BP15 in Zagreb, Croatia; BP16 in Prague, Czech Republic; BP17 again in Budapest; BP18 in Vienna, Austria. This year it…
In the last post we talked about the challenges in remote conference interpreting, especially focusing on simultaneous interpreting. Today, instead, I’d like to focus on remote consecutive interpreting, more in particular considering the over-the-phone modality. Apart from onsite interpreting jobs (95% of the cases for me), more and more often in the last 3-4 years…
In the past few days we have been busy interpreting at the best multilingual conference ever. With attendees from all over the world and 12 amazing interpreters divided in six booths (English/Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian), this has been the best example of a multilingual conference we have seen so far. Not…
This year IAPTI (International Association of Professional Translators and Interpreters) gathered in the beautiful Spanish city of Valencia for an amazing conference on September 29th and 30th. Friday Additionally, three IAPTI workshops were offered at Universidad Europea de Valencia on Friday 28th: an English-into-Spanish medical workshop by the number one of the field in…
Last week Specialized Translators provided a four-day Spanish-into-English simultaneous interpreting service during a technical conference on dermatology in Calpe (Alicante, Spain). Whoever is familiar with this field is aware of its complexity: when you speak of derma products it’s not just about marketing, you have to deal with complex medical and chemical concepts, together with…
At Specialized Translators, we are all passionate professional translators and interpreter. We love translating and interpreting, but we also love sharing best practices and tips with students to help them the best we can during their training. On Monday, September 24th, Alessandra was kindly invited by a fellow interpreter, Diana Soliverdi, to hold a conference…
