One of the most highly acclaimed sessions at LEO's 3rd International Conference in June was the presentation by Andrea Henry, Complicated Encounters and Research on a Tool that Measures Interpreter Mental Fatigue. We interviewed Andrea to find out more about her experience, get some tips and ask your questions that we…
Natalya Mytareva is a well-known name in the language industry. The Executive Director of CCHI is a highly acclaimed educator, language access advocate and speaker, and a long-time partner of Linguist Education Online (LEO). LEO, formerly known as Interpreter Education Online (IEO) was a part of a pilot program instrumental…
Featured Interpreter: Danielle Meder On Wednesday, we celebrated National [Sign Language] Interpreter Appreciation Day. Our Featured Interpreter this week is Danielle Meder, a nationally certified ASL interpreter with over 15 years of experience in VRS and video remote interpreting. She currently works as a Senior Director of Vendor Management and Interpreter Quality at a language service company. She is also a licensed interpreter trainer and is…
Italian native conference interpreter, translator and respeaker for English, German and French languages, Alessandra has studied in Rome and Munich. She has mainly worked in Europe after obtaining a BA degree in linguistics and cultural mediation in 2007, and an MA degree in conference interpreting in 2010. She is a…
With over 10 years of experience as a professional interpreter, Mireya Perez is currently an English to Spanish K-12 school district trained interpreter and the founder of Brand the Interpreter podcast.
Q: How long have you been an interpreter and why/how did you get started in the field?It was 1979 when I first started interpreting for my boss as part of my job. I did not know that was a profession or that it could become a career. The next year…
By Tram Bui, Administrator of Southeast Asian Language Division (SEALD) The typical role of a professional association is to enable individual practitioners to collaborate, learn from each other, and speak with a (hopefully) unified, collective voice. For 60 years, the American Translators Association (ATA) has been the voice of translators,…
Q: How long have you been an interpreter and why/how did you get started in the field?I have been an interpreter for approximately 5 years. I had just moved to Huntsville, AL, where I currently live. I had finished my Masters degree, and had been doing some translation work for…
Q: How long have you been an interpreter and why/how did you get started in the field? A: I started interpreting in 1975. For a simple reason: The Rehab Act of 1975 was passed requiring interpreters for certain situations, and the government realized they did not have many. A federal…
8-hour long interpreting for labor had me as exhausted as future mom to be Q: How long have you been an interpreter and why/how did you get started in the field? A: I have been an interpreter in the U.S since 2007. I started in the field when a local…