Poll: How did you learn simultaneous interpreting? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | | | How I learnt simultaneous interpretation | Jul 8, 2021 |
I learnt from a high school,as an A-level holder,I started by been consistent with the language I have enthusiasm to learn, within 3years have been able to speak fluently and eloquently now
| | | | Mario Freitas 
Brazil
Local time: 09:12
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Just like most areas in translation and interpretation, there is no course on Earth that will do better than practice and experience.
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| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 13:12
Spanish to English
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| I don't offer it | Jul 9, 2021 |
I've only done it on a few occasions and I would find it too stressful nowadays. One time I was asked to stand in for the afternoon shift because the person who did it in the morning had burnt out by lunchtime. Somehow I managed to get through that one, but it was a daunting experience.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:12
Member (2008)
Italian to English
I didn't learn it. I was just thrown in at the deep end, and had to do it. But only consecutive, not simultaneous. I continued doing it for years but, as Neil says, it's stressful and burns you out, so I stopped.
Now I concentrate on translation only. If I were to do interpreting again I'd do it simulteously. I find simultaneous easier because (so long as you know the terminology in advance) it's more accurate and you don't have to keep anything in your head while the person is spe... See more I didn't learn it. I was just thrown in at the deep end, and had to do it. But only consecutive, not simultaneous. I continued doing it for years but, as Neil says, it's stressful and burns you out, so I stopped.
Now I concentrate on translation only. If I were to do interpreting again I'd do it simulteously. I find simultaneous easier because (so long as you know the terminology in advance) it's more accurate and you don't have to keep anything in your head while the person is speaking.
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Tom in London wrote:
I didn't learn it. I was just thrown in at the deep end, and had to do iit. I continued doing it for years but it wore me out, so I stopped. I now concentrate on translation only.
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I don’t imagine anyone is thrown straight into simultaneous interpreting.
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I’m a translator and I couldn’t be an interpreter (interpreting requires a skills set I don’t have). I hold the greatest admiration for interpreters as immediacy is not one of my skills, I love choosing my words carefully and taking the time to search for the right word when translating.
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Like Tom, I was thrown in at the deep end and told to get on with it.
It was never my ideal, so I concentrated on translation.
I only do one fairly informal interpreting job a year, after 30 years of collaboration I know the subject so well that I can anticipate what's coming next.
Unfortunately, thanks to Covid, this international workshop is cancelled this year too.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 09:12
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Tom in London wrote:
I didn't learn it. I was just thrown in at the deep end, and had to do it. But only consecutive, not simultaneous. I continued doing it for years but, as Neil says, it's stressful and burns you out, so I stopped.
Now I concentrate on translation only...
[Edited at 2021-07-09 10:38 GMT]
Same here. I also quit interpreting jobs in 2013, when I did my last one. And I've been refusing all offers ever since, as I'm beeing able to fill my agenda with translations. Actually, I'd now refuse any interpretation jobs even if my agenda is not full. I'm done with that.
| | | | | So where are the interpreters? | Jul 9, 2021 |
There must be some out there.
In my opinion, translation skills improve with age, but interpreting skills do not.
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