17 Sep The Lovely Land of Language Interference

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Have you ever taken a dash of one language with a sprinkle of another, mixed them together and simmered to taste? Of course you have! You’re bilingual. You’re bound to have stirred your languages together at one point or another. There’s actually a fancy name...

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18 Jun A Virtual Conference: LOTS Interpreter Needs

Posted at 19:19h in Athena Matilsky, LOTS, NAJIT Conference, New Ideas, Recent Posts, The Profession, Tools of the trade by Observer Editor 4 Comments

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The first two weekends of June saw our NAJIT colleagues join together from around the country for our 42nd Annual Conference and first ever virtual one. On the West Coast, our valiant Pacific-timers rose at 7am to attend the days’ events. Luckily it was on...

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28 May Acrobatics: A Metaphor for Interpreting with Confidence and Humility

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This article by Athena was first published in November 2014. We liked it so much that we decided to share it with our readers once again. Enjoy! Those who know me outside of interpreting know that acrobatics (specifically, partnered “Acroyoga”) is my not-so-secret other love....

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09 Apr Expect the Unexpected

Posted at 01:09h in Athena Matilsky, Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 2 Comments

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Happy April, everyone! Wow. We are one quarter of the way through 2021. It always amazes me how time just keeps on dashing by. I do love this time of year. Even Montreal is starting to wake up from its winter slumber (though I’m sure...

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29 Mar Presenter Biographies

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28 Mar Pre-Conference Workshops

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28 Mar Main Conference Sessions

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12 Mar The Perils of Telephonic Interpreting

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“Excuse me, speaking as the interpreter, could you please move the phone closer to the patient? The interpreter is struggling to hear everybody.” That was me, a week ago, attempting to provide telephonic medical interpreting services. The nurse complied, and the quality of the call...

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12 Feb The Fine Art of Making Mistakes

Posted at 01:00h in Athena Matilsky, Interpreting, Language, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 9 Comments

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“Oh, that was terrible! I can’t believe how bad that looks,” said my 8-year-old niece the other day. She was referring to her own drawing, which was actually a very nice depiction of a butterfly. My niece would never speak that way about somebody else’s...

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22 Jan How to Shamelessly Steal Language Skills from our Friends and Colleagues

Posted at 02:00h in Athena Matilsky, Language, New Ideas, Odds & Ends, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 6 Comments

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January is the month of the year when most of us want to start fresh with a clean slate. I recently learned that some people, especially in Europe, call the third Monday in January Blue Monday because it’s supposedly the most depressing day of the...

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