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This 5 page paper looks at the way interpreters work, and discusses possibilities for the future of interpretation services.
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conflict becomes very real. Interpreters play a vital part in international relations, whether they are in the political arena, in marketing and trade, or elsewhere. This paper looks
at the way interpreters work, and discusses possibilities for the future of interpretation services. Traditional Interpreting Traditional interpreting is done by a person who understands the languages being spoken
by the participants in the meeting, conference, or other gathering, and translates from one language to another so that everyone understands whats happening. The "highest level of spoken interpreting"
is the "simultaneous" type, which is used at the U.N. (Shiffman, 2003). Here the interpreter translates as the speaker talks. Simultaneous interpretation is also the technique of choice
for large conferences; interpreters in this setting, as at the U.N., are enclosed in the glass-fronted booths familiar to everyone (Vidal-Hall, 1996). Something I didnt know about this method
is that it requires such intense concentration that interpreters can only work for 20-30 minutes at a time, which means they always work in pairs (Vidal-Hall, 1996). In addition
to translating the words, they must also "relay the tone and nuances of a presentation, as well as understand specialized terms" (Vidal-Hall, 1996, p. 35). Still another form of interpretation
occurs when the interpreter is using a colleagues translation to translate from, rather than the speakers language; this is "relay interpretation." (Vidal-Hall, 1996). For example, if a Spanish interpreter
doesnt understand Russian, he could listen to a colleagues English translation of the Russian speech and translate the English to Spanish (Vidal-Hall, 1996). "Consecutive interpreting is a more flexible style,
and occurs when the speaker says one or two sentences, then pauses to give the interpreter a chance to repeat the words in another language (Shiffman, 2003). A third
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