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Thread poster: Stephanie Mitchel
Stephanie Mitchel
Stephanie Mitchel  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 04:28
French to English
Apr 21, 2005

With all the hype about this new movie, here's a voice from behind the scenes.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050419/ap_en_ot/film_the_real_interpreter
 
Lydia Molea
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Germany
Local time: 10:28
English to German
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Thank you! Apr 21, 2005

Very intereting article. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie
 
Parrot
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Spain
Local time: 10:28
Spanish to English
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Sounds familiar Apr 22, 2005

We know that some delegates are horrible and when they ask for the floor we just shudder.

As an on-the-job conference trainee I had to do both transcription and translation from transcription. I think I heard quite a few.

There were even those who hogged conventions. Once, we were short of earphones and using tape recorders with pedals, and the room was suddenly filled with the voice of a single guy in various points of his interventions. He was literally "coming... See more
We know that some delegates are horrible and when they ask for the floor we just shudder.

As an on-the-job conference trainee I had to do both transcription and translation from transcription. I think I heard quite a few.

There were even those who hogged conventions. Once, we were short of earphones and using tape recorders with pedals, and the room was suddenly filled with the voice of a single guy in various points of his interventions. He was literally "coming out of our ears". ▲ Collapse
 
Steffen Walter
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Germany
Local time: 10:28
Member (2002)
English to German
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Thanks for sharing, Stephanie... Apr 22, 2005

I can only echo Parrot's remarks - some of Brigitte's statements sound awfully familiar. And the interpreter's nightmare is not only defective grammar and unidiomatic speech but also heavy accents and excessive talking speed...

Steffen
 


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