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Happy International Translation Day…
A shout-out to all my fellow interpreter and translator friends:
“International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security. ” (un.org)
Not quite…
This one is for all my (conference) interpretation colleagues out there.
We interpreters (translators who deliver spoken translations either simultaneously using interpretation equipment or consecutively, i.e. after the speaker has spoken) know, why ‘computer translation’ of speech doesn’t work properly and why.
Take a look at this video next time you need to remind someone why it pays to hire a professional interpreter.
The tech folks at an American news station tested a translation device with earbuds to be used instead of an interpreter a few days ago and this is what happened:
adventures of a traveling translator 