Letter from the Editor: Language Industry
Communicate! - Letter from the Editor - Posted on 20 Sep 2011 - Updated 22 Sep 2011
The Language Industry: it’s a term we can’t escape but exactly what does it mean? I’ve started to wonder to what extent practitioners are really a part of it. And if we are, what role do we have – lead, supporting cast or bit players?
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Remote Interpreting Rides Again
Communicate! - Articles - Posted on 20 Sep 2011 - Updated 21 Sep 2011
Recently I came across an article in Le Soir announcing that the University of Mons had come up with a new video interpreting system, and saying that unlike past attempts, this one really works. Let’s take a look behind the PR and see what we really have here.
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Please Mind the Gap: Defending English Against “Passive” Translation
Communicate! - Articles - Posted on 20 Sep 2011 - Updated 23 Sep 2011
Let me begin with a simple statement, one guaranteed to have any group of translators howling at each other within minutes: Translators can be defined as professional (by which I mean, among many other things, that they are entitled to charge money for what they do) solely and exclusively if they work from their second (or other) language into their native one.
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Confessions of a Conference Interpreter
Communicate! - Articles - Posted on 20 Sep 2011 - Updated 21 Sep 2011
I would love to start this article with the words “Hi, my name’s Michelle and I’m a conference interpreter,” but I’m afraid that would prompt readers to want to start patting me on the back consolingly and proffering tissues. Although, come to think of it, maybe adopting a “True Confessions” tone in this article is not such a bad idea, since it would fit quite nicely with the topic I plan to address: professional identity as seen by a conference interpreter.
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Die Unvermeidlichen – mit anschließender Podiumsdiskussion
Communicate! - Articles - Posted on 20 Sep 2011 - Updated 21 Sep 2011
Am 14.5. fand eine von der AIIC PR-Referentin und VKD-Mitglied Angela Drösser mit Unterstützung des VKD-PR-Referats organisierte Podiumsdiskussion im Anschluss an die Mannheimer Aufführung von „Die Unvermeidlichen“ statt.
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Language in the News
Communicate! - Articles - Posted on 20 Sep 2011 - Updated 21 Sep 2011
Books in translation and videos about translation, podcasts on language and articles about interpreting, plus AIIC voices in the social media await just a click away.
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