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Interpreters: “Can you make sure the participants also have good sound conditions or at least use some earbuds?” Moderator/organizer:

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RSI Pains: Besides interpreting the actual message, you find yourself adding in instructions on how to actually use the platform.

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VIRTUAL MULTILINGUAL MEETINGS:

The interpreters:

The Participants:

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RSI PAINS: When the participant has an echo and won’t mute the mic

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REMOTE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING

Terps who have been about that life for years:

Terps just getting into it because of COVID19:

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When you REALLY want to stab the condescending and unprofessional facilitator but you need to stay calm and neutral (and professional) while interpreting his [expletive] remarks.

so you flip on the mic like

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When you’ve tirelessly prepared for a meeting reading all the background documents, stalking all the participants on youtube, know *everything* about the topic and yet you arrive at the meeting and start reading the points on the agenda like

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Me talking about literally any assignment for a social movement:

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Watching Marie Kondo and seeing how they all speak to her very...slowly...when... her interpreter* is RIGHT THERE.

*NOT TRANSLATOR

**who is a BOSS btw

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When your VIP boothmate keeps making conversation with you and you want to make a good impression because you’re starting out but you also really want to follow the meeting and make sure you’re not blind-sighted because you’re starting out and you want to make a good impression

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Turning on the mic at an accreditation test when you’re not mentally ready feels like

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When interpreters find romance on off-shore assignments

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My anxiety the night before a technical conference/high profile conference/conference where I share the booth the the chief of staff

(Basically 9/10 nights before a gig)

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Delegates when you say hello to them in the hallway  and couldn’t POSSIBLY know their voice has been inside your head a million times

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When delegates start their speech in one language...then switch into another...then back into the other language....

meanwhile in the interpreting booths:

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Starring at the main speakers of a conference you studied for by binge-watching any and all youtube interviews they did

(interpreters are just stalkers with languages)

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When one of the main speakers is just so beautiful

and you’re sitting there in the booth like...

(thank god for dark booths...)