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How about something a little lighter this week? A quick video review of universal translation/interpreting devices in science fiction. After all, if you're going to encounter aliens, you have to be able to talk to them! First, the TV episode that inspired the title: Doctor Who, Episode 6.07, "A Good Man Goes to War." http://youtu.be/7qciqlhvQZI According to Wikipedia, the first "universal translator" in science fiction appeared in the 1945 novel First Contact. 
15 March, 2013 /

Have you ever thought about sharing your profession at your local high school? Sound like a good idea? In Me, You and the Next Generation of Interpreters on the NAJIT Blog back in September (https://najit.org/blog/?p=580), Kathleen Shelly said, “…wouldn’t it be great if more of...

01 March, 2013 /

I am interpreting consecutively. I am well-rested, fully focused, alert and engaged. Almost effortlessly, I allow the equivalent words,phrases and structures to flow through my brain and out my mouth. An interpreting instructor of mine once called this being “in the groove.” It doesn’t happen every...

25 January, 2013 /

Sometimes my first answer is NO if I know I am not qualified to perform a task. However, if the authorities persist due to the nature of an incident, that incident is likely to be documented. It comes down to personal ethics; more precisely, it...

11 January, 2013 /

This is a cautionary tale about what can happen when you don’t have two interpreters for a trial. It’s also rather amusing in a macabre way, and I enjoy telling the story to people who ask me about the most unusual case I have ever...

21 December, 2012 /

Warning!! The flexibility, variety, mobility and enjoyment that come with being an interpreter or a translator (or both!) can be addictive, turning us into smiling, giddy workaholics! Do you sometimes feel like your life is holding you back from achieving all you can in your career?...

14 December, 2012 /

My mother died a few weeks before Thanksgiving. She was a remarkable woman who gave each of her children a great love of learning and an appreciation for art, music, language and books, books, books! There was so much I loved and admired about her,...

07 December, 2012 /

    Sometimes, words just don’t cut it. As interpreters, we often have to rely on facial expressions, body language, voice tones, quality of speech… aspects of communication that we can easily take for granted. Of course, life usually gives us the experience we need to understand the unspoken, and we...

26 November, 2012 /
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