Here's an interesting YouTube clip (it's short, just over a minute) of interpreting legend Peter Less talking about remaining impartial while interpreting at the Nuremberg Trials. Less, who won the ATA's Gode Medal (one of the translation world's highest honors) in 2006, fled to Switzerland as a … [Read more...] about YouTube clip: Peter Less on interpreting at Nuremburg
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Using audio media to practice interpreting
Last year I wrote a post on the importance of Keeping up your source language skills in order to communicate more effectively with your clients. Recently, I found that I'm far from the only translator who fantasizes about doing some interpreting in addition to my regular translation work. If you're … [Read more...] about Using audio media to practice interpreting