If your company regularly hosts business events, teleconferences, diplomatic conferences, international conventions, or any other meeting where you need to communicate in one or more languages, understanding how the work of the interpreter will be very helpful to guide you in choosing the best interpreter agency for your needs.
What are the qualities that make the interpreter's work unique?
For as long as man has been able to communicate, interpreters have existed. Their role has always been crucial in social relations between people of different backgrounds.
Although it is difficult to determine the exact time when interpretation began to be used, there are ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics indicating that "interpreters" have existed since 3000 BCE.
The word interpreter comes from the Latin " interpres" meaning "mediator or intermediary," so he is a professional who acts as a link between two or more people who do not speak the same language. His goal is to ensure that the parties involved can communicate and understand each other effectively.
Neuroscientists have been exploring language for decades and have produced various studies on multilingual speakers . However, the ability of interpreters is so incredible that understanding the process of simultaneous interpretation is a very great scientific challenge. There is so much going on in an interpreter's brain that it is difficult to even know where to begin to study it, since several areas are involved in the performance of their work.
According to Daniel Gile - translator, interpreter, professor and trainer at Paris' Sorbonne Nouvelle University - simultaneous interpreting requires three efforts or cognitive functions: listening, memorizing and speaking.
"An interpreter must hear and understand the meaning of a message processed in one language; remember it; and naturally construct and convey it in a different language. And all this happens in a matter of seconds."
A very talented professional
One of the characteristics that make him so special is his ability to analyze and adapt, because when you interpret a language vividly and directly you have to rely solely on your own knowledge and skills to give correct meaning to what your interlocutor wants to communicate without outside help. The pressure, therefore, can be quite intense, but he knows how to trust his talent and professionalism.
Acting as a bridge between people, conveying the speaker's tone, intentions, and emotions (such as playfulness, irony, sarcasm, and even humor), the interpreter must practice a range of social skills to successfully complete his or her task. In addition, speech speed and accent vary from one speaker to another, increasing the level of complexity of his or her work. When working with human beings, language, contexts, and technicalities, the interpreter must be empathetic, neutral, and charismatic.
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