This episode is focussing on terp tech, why interpreters should care and how they can get proficient in using it. Josh Goldsmith - UN and EU accredited tech enthusiast (and longtime collaborator to one Alexander Drechsel) - is joining us to discuss these exact questions and talk about fascinating insights, from SimConsec on an iPad, to a new technology-focused Master's degree for interpreters and translators.

Special Guest: Josh Goldsmith.

Links:

• Techforword on Twitter
• Techforword mailing list sign-up
• European Masters in Technology for Translation and Interpreting
• Josh's published research
• Josh's articles about tech-savvy terminology tools on the AIIC website
• Slides from Josh's research on terminology extraction
• Video about the research on the Techforword pilot project
• Demo on SimConsec
• ASR (automatic speech recognition) with InterpretBank
• Barry Olsen: Interpreting and the T word
• Marc Orlando's 2014 study on Sim-Consec
• Desmet, Bart, Mieke Vandierendonck, and Bart Defrancq. “Simultaneous Interpretation of Numbers and the Impact of Technological Support."
• Claudio Fantinuoli - Speech Recognition in the Interpreter Workstation
• Anja Rütten - Shared glossaries in Google docs
• Anja Rütten - A SketchEngine review