An AI experiment – and some thoughts on the future of our profession
It seems like ChatGPT is popping up everywhere right now. In fact, I just read a colleague's post about using it for researching her next blog post. This inspired me…
It seems like ChatGPT is popping up everywhere right now. In fact, I just read a colleague's post about using it for researching her next blog post. This inspired me…
Or at least one of Olympic proportions... Because without it, this international event would not have been as widely followed (or even known, in all likelihood). Of course, I'm talking…
During last week's mock conference I recorded myself in order to listen to and evaluate my performance. While this is fairly easy to do for simultaneous interpreting (if you have…
A little while ago I came across an absolutely wonderful blog called InterpreterSoapbox. It is a blog about interpreting, translation and multilingualism, created and edited by Monika Kokoszycka. There are…
If you've been following me for a while, you probably know by now that I not only translate and interpret, but also teach and train (not only) future translators and…
I already wrote about them before, but I'm just so excited, I have to do it again, especially since they are about to publish another great resource, "The tablet interpreting…
2020 has thrown us quite a few curveballs already, forcing us to be more flexible than we perhaps ever thought possible.Not having any or less work or not being able…
Have you ever wished there was a way to avoid sending inquiries to translators and interpreters who for whatever reason are not available when you need them? Wouldn't it be…
I recently decided to replace the netbook I had been using in the booth with a tablet computer. Actually, this was long overdue, as the netbook - not the fastest…
The news is not new in itself (the post is from February), but it was new to me - even though the content of it wasn't. (Have I confused you…