Melissa Mann is a certified translator, conference interpreter, voiceover artist, and language-services consultant who specializes in crafting messages across languages. She is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, a globetrotter who has lived and worked in the US, Mexico, and Brazil, a member of AIIC, APIC, and SINTRA, and certified by ATA and ABRATES. When not running or woodworking, she shares her insights on Big Booth Words, Take It From a Translator, and Goodreads. Her website is http://arbor-tr.com/.

Date of interview: April 10, 2020 
Topics included in this interview include:

• How Melissa got started as an interpreter, including what sort of education and training she pursued
• How much she works remotely and how much in person, and where
• How and why Melissa started working as a remote interpreter
• The ideal types of meetings for remote conference interpreting
• Fatigue in remote interpreting
• What remote interpreters should NOT do
• How to explain to clients what needs to happen  for a remote interpreting event to be successful
• Turn-taking in remote interpreting
• Conference interpreting market in the United States and Brazil
• Client education
• Boothmate dynamics
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• Rapid-fire questions

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Training courses:

CCIC:   http://www.cciconline.net/  CCIC

Daniele Fonseca (part of Coletivo Intérpretes): https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielefonsecainterpreteaiic

co>lab: https://colabinterpreting.com/

EPIC, a course hosted by Língua Franca: http://lftraducoes.com.br/

HIIT, offered by Versão Brasileira: http://www.versaobrasileira.com/

Melissa's favorite podcast:

The Allusionist: https://www.theallusionist.org/ 

music in Season 2: 

Small Town Boy by | e s c p | https://www.escp.space

https://escp-music.bandcamp.com