06 Sep Federal Interpreters or Bust!

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This article was first published in November 2017. It seems appropriate that we dust it off now that the dates for the next Federal Interpreter Exam have been set. Good luck to all who will take the challenge. Reaching the Brass Ring I still remember...

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02 Aug Need to Improve Your Note-Taking? Learn to Listen!

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Do you want to know the funny thing about notes? The better you get at taking them, the less of them you need.  I noticed this one day in court, a few years into my career when I took a look at my notepad and...

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07 Jun Because Our Job is too Easy

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            I find that there are two types of people in this world: Those who find interpreting to be awe-inspiring, and those who think it’s as simple as opening up Google Translate. Usually the ones who think it is simple haven’t actually tried it. I’m...

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02 May The Interpreter’s Mistake

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Have you ever met the interpreter who knew everything? I have. Well, not really. As a matter of fact, it’s not possible to have met such an interpreter, because nobody knows everything. That is the sad reality of being human. But I have most assuredly...

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01 Mar What are you scared of?

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Recently, I have been toying with the possibility of changing my Facebook relationship status to, “It’s complicated.” With whom, you may ask?  With French. That’s whom! You see, I am deep into my second semester of a Master’s in Conference Interpreting. The past five months...

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04 Feb Presenter Biographies

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04 Jan Reinventing Resolutions: A Road Map to Your Desires

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Thick snowflakes are lazily making their way to the ground outside my window here in Montreal. It’s January, yet again. That means that a whole new year lies in front of us, its pages as blank and clear as the snow-covered sidewalks outside. With the...

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28 Dec Pre-Conference Workshops

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07 Dec A Day in the Life of an MCI

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It is Tuesday. Usually that would mean I could sleep in a bit, but today it means I’m waking up at 6:45 to check my phone and…yes. Class has been confirmed for 7:30 this morning because during our normal class time, our professor will be...

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16 Nov Why Can’t All Words Be So Simple?

Posted at 12:56h in Athena Matilsky, Court Interpreting, Idioms, Interpreting, Odds & Ends, Past Posts, Recent Posts by Observer Editor 5 Comments

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This post was originally published in February 2015. But its subject matter is timeless. We hope you enjoy it. Thank goodness for words like “judge”. Juez just rolls off the tongue so nicely. I can say it in French with no problem at all, and...

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