Troublesome Terps

Troublesome Terps

By Troublesome TerpsComedySociety & CultureBusiness
Download on the App Store

Troublesome Terps episodes

  • 30: Alex and Alex do London Met

    When in Rome - or London as it were - why only settle for one live event when you can have two?

    On November 17th, hours before the big podcasting event at The Roebuck, the two Alexes were invited by Danielle D'Hayer, course leader of the MA Conference Interpreting at London Metropolitan University, to join her and a group of students in their language lab for a lively Q&A session. The students contributed many questions ahead of time and even "on the fly" on the day and had an interesting discussion. Questions include (among others): most difficult speakers, how to prepare for an assignment, how to deal with stressful situations or how to best chose a new language you want to learn.
    Thanks again to Danielle D’Hayer and London Met alumnus Hugo Menendez who helped put this event together.

    Links:

    • Interpreting and the T Word
  • Interpreting suite - London Metropolitan University
    • 1 hr 49 min
  • 29: Aline Casanova in the Feedback Loop

    Giving and receiving feedback is a crucial part of not only becoming an interpreter, but also continuously improving yourself, your business habits and your interpreting skills.

    Aline Casanova and some brave fellow interpreters joined forces and introduced the world to InterpretimeBank, a platform by and for interpreters. InterpretimeBank is for honing your skills, as well as giving and receiving feedback from a feedback partner. Aline joins the Troublesome Terps to talk about why it is important to keep on trying to improve yourself, what makes good feedback good and how to both, give and receive it.

    Special Guest: Aline Casanova.

    Links:

    • Website - InterpretimeBank
  • Alexander's podcast with Elisabet Tiselius
  • 11 Steps Towards Deliberate Practice – Expert Enough
  • Veerle Duflou: Be(com)ing a conference interpreter - An ethnography of EU interpreters as a professional community
  • Alexander's blog post: Getting better
  • Tony Rosado: Interpreter checker in a hearing or deposition
  • Feedback tips from Barry S. Olsen
  • Anja Jones: How to deal with translation feedback
  • James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email
    • — Mentioned in the episode by Jonathan
  • Feedback sound by chimerical on Freesound.org
  • Article by Liz Essary: Going Beyond "That Was Great"
    • — Practice with a partner or in groups involves giving feedback to others, and in turn accepting others’ feedback. It requires a lot of work from everyone involved. It’s not just a matter of half-listening and then telling your practice partner, “Yeah, that was great.”
  • Article by Gladys Matthews about peer assessment: What is it all about in the end?
    • 57 min
  • 28: Ask Us Anything 2018

    Ask and you shall receive - and ask you did! For our very first Ask Us Anything episode, we received a ton of questions that kept you up at night.

    From speedy speakers to ABC language combinations, listening to your gut feeling and creating interpreting standards in the Arabic interpreting world - you sent us a wide range of questions that we relished in answering!
    Thanks again to everyone who contributed to this episode and let us know what you thought of our answers and if you have any other questions for a potential "Ask Us Anything - Part 2" episode!

    Links:

    • Sneak peek of our article in the ITI Bulletin
  • Jemina Napier's paper: "Interpreting omissions: A new perspective"
  • Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational
    • — "In this newly revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. From drinking coffee to losing weight, from buying a car to choosing a romantic partner, we consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They’re systematic and predictable—making us predictably irrational."
  • Twitter discussion about the interpreting "industry"
  • Jonathan's Ultimate Interpreter Brief
    • 1 hr 39 min
  • 27: Why Bother with Interpreting Research?

    Certainly research is important in every discipline or field of work, but surely you have also sometimes wondered: actually, why should I care? Surely, it's not like in depth analysis of the voice-to-ear-span or complex and highly complex communication models help you be a better interpreter "out in the field", right?

    Well, luckily Jonathan and the two Alexes are here to help and discuss exactly why you SHOULD care and what research does do for you. Let us know what you think and let's continue the conversation!

    Links:

    • 2 Page Reference Collection for the Troublesome Terps Research Episode
  • Book: Being a Successful Interpreter - Jonathan Downie
    • — Well, Jonathan's book 😉
  • Book: Introducing Interpreting Studies - Franz Pöchhacker
    • — Introducing Interpreting Studies gives a comprehensive overview of the field and offers guidance to those undertaking research of their own. The book is complemented by The Interpreting Studies Reader (Routledge, 2002), a collection of seminal contributions to research in Interpreting Studies, and by the comprehensive Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies (Routledge, 2015).
  • Book: The Interpreting Studies Reader - Franz Pöchhacker
    • — The Interpreting Studies Reader is the definitive guide to the growing area of interpreting studies. Spanning the multiple and diverse approaches to interpreting, it draws together the key articles in the field and puts them in their thematic and social contexts. This is a comprehensive overview of interpreting studies and the new directions the subject is taking in the twenty-first century.
  • Book: Research Methods in Interpreting: A Practical Resource
  • Book: Interpreting as Interaction
  • Book: De-/re-contextualizing Conference Interpreting: Interpreters in the Ivory Tower?, Ebru Diriker
  • Paper: Interpreters’ perception of linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting quality: A survey through the world wide web
  • Paper: Stakeholder expectations of interpreters: a multi-site, multi-method approach
  • Journal: Interpreting - International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting
  • Website: www.cirinandgile.com
    • — CIRIN is an international information network on research into conference interpreting. CIRIN is independent, with no financial or institutional link with any academic or non-academic organization.
  • Survey Tool
    • 1 hr 3 min
  • 26: Standing up for fun with Matthew Perret

    Have you ever laughed your head off in the booth or have you been gobsmacked by a joke that was thrown your way by a "fun" speaker? Interpreter and professional funnyman Matthew Perret joins the Troublesome Terps to shine a light on what silk purses, Mae West and German structure have to do with putting the fun in fundamentally difficult to interpret jokes. After all, not all jokes are a laughing matter!

    Special Guest: Matthew Perret.

    Links:

    • Article: Ewandro Magalhaes - Mind your language, you @#x!$%* !
  • Blog: Matthew Perret - Beyond the Conference Centre: Adventures of an off-duty interpreter
  • Matthew Perret - The EU Explained
  • YouTube: Alexander Drechsel - A not-so-serious Guide to Tablet Interpreting
  • YouTube: How to be Funny
  • YouTube: Lourdes de Rioja - A Word in Your Ear!
  • YouTube: Matthew Perret
  • YouTube: What Makes Things Funny
    • 1 hr 8 min
  • 25: We Iron out Your Travel

    Travelling is just as much part of an interpreter's life as speaking another language and dealing with a casual work-related caffeine addiction. Jonathan and the Alexes discuss the pros and cons of plane vs. train, hot chocolate vs. coffee, travel iron vs. water spray and a ton of other absolutely crucial travel aspects that will make your professional life (or just your upcoming summer holiday) so much easier!

    So buckle up, join us on this wild ride and let us know how YOU travel!

    Links:

    • App: TripIt
  • App: ToDoIst
  • App: Google Trips
  • Article: 4 Ways Going on Vacation Increases Your Productivity
  • Article: 10 Hardcore Tips for Frequent Travelers
  • Article: The Myth Of Traveling Light
  • Article: Experienced Business Travelers Reveal Their Favorite Travel Tips
  • Shopping: Traveling Iron
  • Shopping: Bose QuietComfort 25 (Noise Cancelling Headphones)
  • Video: How Airports Make Money
  • Gate 8: Flight Approved Cabin Luggage & Cabin Bags
    • — Jonathan's favourite bag
    1 hr 15 min
  • 24: Get in Touch with Your Feelings (or Emotions)

    The Troublesome Terps are all in their feelings with guest host Caroline Lehr. Caroline not only has a PhD in emotion psychology, but also a keen interest in the influence of emotions on interpreters and the interplay between them and our performance in the workplace. A heady and insightful episode!

    Special Guest: Caroline Lehr.

    Links:

    • Article: Emotional Barriers to Effective Communication
  • Paper: Emotional and Psychological Effects on Interpreters in Public Services
  • Paper: The role of emotions in establishing meaning: implications for interpreting
  • YouTube: EU Interpreters - Can interpreters get emotion across?
    • 1 hr 14 min
  • 23: Professional Associations For Interpreters: AIIC & VKD

    Why should conference interpreters care about joining an interpreting specific association? What can associations do for the interpreters, but also vice versa: How can conference interpreters contribute to a productive life in associations?

    To discuss this very timely and important topic, the Troublesome Terps are joined by Sarah King, Secretary of the German Region of AIIC, and Karin Walker, Chair of the German Association of Conference Interpreters (VKD).

    Together, we discuss why it is absolutely worth joining an association, why wer are stronger together and talk about some very interesting projects, that AIIC and VKD have been working on, some of them even representing a collaboration between two of the largest conference interpreting associations.

    Special Guests: Karin Walker and Sarah King.

    Links:

    • AIIC - German Region
  • VKD - German Association of Conference Interpreters
  • AIIC Germany Mentoring Programm
  • VKD Mentoring Programm
  • Podcast - Wisdoms of the Pommes Buddha
    • 1 hr 13 min
  • 22: Real Professions Have Professional Associations! (ATA & ITI)

    Many interpreters and translators are members of one or more professional associations. But why? What do professional associations actually do for the interpreting community and why should interpreters care?

    To discuss these and many more interesting points, the Troublesome Terps are joined by Corrine McKay, President of the American Translators Association and Sarah Griffin-Mason, Chair of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.

    They both provide fascinating insights into the projects professional bodies take on, the work that goes into it, why we should care and why it matters. Don't miss out on the this interesting topic and feel free to join the discussion!

    Special Guests: Corinne McKay and Sarah Griffin-Mason.

    Links:

    • ITI - Institute of Translation and Interpreting
  • ATA - American Translators Association
  • Thoughts on Translation Blog
  • How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator (Paperback)
  • The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Politics
  • Speaking of Translation Podcast
  • ATA Podcast
  • A not-so-serious guide to Tablet Interpreting by Lourdes De Rioja and Alexander Drechsel
    • 1 hr 25 min
  • 21: Looking for Trouble with the Vocal Fries

    Hungry for more podcast? This month, the Terps are looking for trouble with the tasty Vocal Fries! Together with Vocal Fries hosts Carrie Gillon and Megan Figueroa, Jonathan and the Alexes discuss a wide variety of different topics from linguistic discrimination to gendered language to code switching and what's up with French in Canada or with Spanish in Arizona.

    Special Guests: Carrie Gillon and Megan Figueroa.

    Links:

    • The Vocal Fries Podcast
    — The podcast about linguistic discrimination.
  • How hard is it to fake an accent?
    • 1 hr 37 min

About Troublesome Terps

From the publisher's feed

Troublesome Terps is a roundtable-style podcast covering topics from the interpreting space and the wider world of languages. The hosts - Jonathan Downie, Alexander Drechsel, Alexander Gansmeier, and…