The Chinese Language Division Podcast

In this episode, David discusses the history, pedagogical value of long consecutive interpreting, and why long consecutive interpreting and note-taking skills are essential to master for professional interpreters. David shares with us the free resources available for interpreters to take advantage of. At the same time as practicing hard interpreting skills with a top-notch interpreter in the field, how about expanding your professional network also? To register for the free practice sessions, go to https://www.davidviolet.com/practice-sessions-link.html

00:03:09 The use of long consecutive interpreting in history

00:04:04 Pedagogical value of long consecutive in the training of interpreters

00:05:29 Why long consecutive and note-taking skills are necessary and useful

00:08:20 “Shorter than original” does not mean summarizing

00:10:18 Difference between court interpreting and diplomatic interpreting

00:16:32 Learning consecutive interpreting is like learning the piano

00:18:58 Weekly consecutive note-taking practice sessions on Zoom

00:25:43 Free online class on symbols in note-taking

In this 15-minute chat, Jessie and James Philips, director of the PCT Translation Division at WIPO, talk about the type of translation tasks done at WIPO and the language pairs needed, with a deep dive into how machine translation fits amongst all these moving parts in the world of patent and technical translation. A great opportunity for translators who wish to get in on the patent and technical translation action is also discussed at length.

In this episode, Ms. Maureen Sweeney, Deputy Chief of the Interpreting Staff of the Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020, takes the listeners on a behind-the-scenes tour of the interpreter programs at the Olympics. She talks to the audience about how the quintessential International sports event engages and interacts with linguists in this largely remote working environment that we are seeing as the new normal, and how she and her team have been creatively responding to the ever-fluid situation.

In this 15-minute interview, Rony Gao chats with a fellow ATA member and classmate, Jessie Liu, about the experience of going back to school in an unusual year, remote interpreting, and continued professional development.

As a veteran Chinese interpreter, translator and linguist, Prudence‘s Chinese learning experience dates back to the 1980s! In this introductory episode, Prudence shared with June stories about how her aunt inspired her to learn Chinese, how she continued this path by traveling to another continent for enhanced study, how she views her career now and more!