A Conference Interpreter is a person. The interpreter converts a thought or expression in a source language into an expression with a comparable meaning in a target language either simultaneously or consecutively.
The conference interpreter conveys every semantic element and every intention and feeling of the message that the source-language speaker is directing to target-language recipients.
What is Conference Interpretation? Conference interpretation is the translation of a spoken message. From one language to another. Read more here.
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English interpreter survives RESISTIRÉ
Lourdes de RIOJA sings RESISTIRÉ (Spain’s uplifting anthem during the COVID-19 lockdown), which is interpreted with aplomb but without help from Fiona by Phil Smith, a professional AIIC interpreter based in Switzerland.
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