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September 2024 update
September 12, 2024 I haven’t written an update in a long time, maybe in about a year. The last 12 months have been difficult. My husband’s health declined exponentially in the last quarter of 2023, [...]
2024-2025 translation courses
What makes the courses Helen teaches unique? Helen has been teaching skills-based classes on translation for several years. Participants have consistently grown in their skills and been able to achieve professional milestones as a result. [...]
What interpreters do and how they do it
What interpreters do and how they do it_2023-11-27 In this PDF, we explain what interpreters do. This flow chart should help decision makers prepare for interpreting events.
Hybrid multilingual conference using Zoom
Hybrid Multilingual Conference PDF Multilingual conferences are conducted in the simultaneous interpreting mode. Simultaneous interpretation requires two interpreters per language. Hybrid conferences are those where some attendees and/or presenters are onsite while other attendees and/or [...]
Resources for legal translation
When translating legal texts from Spanish to English or from English to Spanish, I first verify that I understand the text. Legal terminology often uses terms but gives them meanings that are very different from [...]
How to work with an interpreter
Both interpreters and users of interpreter services can take proactive steps to ensure that a session stays on track. Professional interpreters follow certain protocols to ensure this, and users of interpreting services can elicit these [...]