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10 Mistakes Conference Organizers Make When Hiring Interpreters!

  When we work with potential clients and conference organizers we sometimes see similar patterns. Not all event managers use simultaneous or consecutive interpreters regularly and using language services for the first time may seem daunting. Avoid these common pitfalls:    1) Under-appreciating the value that interpreters bring: The budget of a conference can run […]

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Watch “The Interpreters: A Historical Perspective”

The film gives a historical perspective of how the profession developed from the League of Nations to the present day, particularly the introduction of the simultaneous interpretation mode, first used at the Nuremberg Trials, as many of the interpreters who worked there later became UN interpreters. To this end, more than 60 interpreters of all […]

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