The Interpreter’s Functions and Duties Defined
The interpreter’s escort duties are many and varied and cannot be fully covered in this brief manual. [Read more…]
My simultaneous kit
BEST OF: “España ha dejado de ser católica”
MAKING OF: “España ha dejado de ser católica”
PREPARATION: “España ha dejado de ser católica”
Don’t start speaking until you know you can complete a grammatical sentence…
but you don’t have to complete the sentence you originally had in mind nor the same sentence the speaker finishes. [Read more…]
The A B C of Retour
Directionality in Interpreting. The ‘Retour’ or the Native?
Godijns, R. and M. Hinderdael (eds.) (2005). Gent: Communication and Cognition.
The question of directionality in conference
interpreting, i.e. whether interpreters should interpret only into
their mother tongues or also into a ‘B’ language, namely practise
what some now call retour interpreting, is one which has been hotly
debated by both professionals and trainers since interpreting has
been recognized as a profession. [Read more…]
interpreting, i.e. whether interpreters should interpret only into
their mother tongues or also into a ‘B’ language, namely practise
what some now call retour interpreting, is one which has been hotly
debated by both professionals and trainers since interpreting has
been recognized as a profession. [Read more…]