I had the privilege of interpreting at the G7 trade ministers' meeting held this month in Germany. I was very much touched by the amount of flowers left for the late Queen Elizabeth II in front of the British Embassy in Berlin.
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I was lucky enough to be asked to interpret at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting held in Liverpool back in December. The meeting's covid safety measures were impeccable with an efficient test centre, an individual interpreting booth to every single interpreter, hand-sanitizing gel everywhere, and a nice mask provided to everyone involved. It was encouraging to witness the fact that with proper prevention measures in place, in-person conferences with on-site interpreting can be held successfully!
The other day, for the first time in 16 months, I undertook a simultaneous interpreting assignment in a real (physical!) interpreting booth on site. The picture above shows my booth. It is a portable booth, almost the size of a telephone booth. As simultaneous interpretation is usually provided by two or more interpreters who take turns every 15 minutes or so, most of the interpreting booths pre-covid were for two interpreters. This time, however, a one-person booth was used for covid reasons....
Admittedly, there are occasions when you can get away with hiring an interpreter solely on the basis of cost. A good example is when the only reason for hiring an interpreter is to show your counterpart that you care enough about the meeting to hire an interpreter. On the other hand, there are meetings where every word, every ounce of nuance counts in order to convey the intended message. I remember a tense meeting between two companies where both sides blamed each other for the loss of a...