Interpreting for Europe
The first ten seconds of this video are a jumble of different languages. Then it settles down!
1 What is required when interpreting ideas from other languages?
2 What helped the woman participant in a conference when she could not understand everything that she was listening to?
3 What did Karl Telfer think you needed to be an interpreter?
4 Can you give any four of the six requirements mentioned by David Smith and Andrew Upton as necessary for an interpreter?
5 How does Andrew Upton express the idea that you manage to survive something, or succeed in dealing with something?
6 What does Kate Davies say about stress related to the job?
7 What type of test does Miguel Gomes mention that you need to qualify you to work for the EU?
8 What do staff interpreters have to do that the others do not?
9 Can you supply the three comments about the equipment that Marilena Iannidinardi makes?
10 How is the concept of ‘a serious lack of translators who can translate orally into their own native language’ expressed here?
11 What phrasal verb is used meaning ‘reaching‘?
12 What are the two ways you can work as an interpreter, and how do they differ?
13 What does Rachel Hayes mention appreciating?
14 a) What image do many people have of Brussels before they see it?
b) What does Jonathan McKie say about Brussels as a city or place to live?
15 What is the adjective used to express the idea of ‘distant’ places?