Meet the Translator

In this episode on sport translation, I’m joined by Chris Drew who tells us all about what he does as a translator specialising in sport translation. You’ll hear about his experiences, his favourite project, and the challenges of his job, as well as some advice for anyone who wants to translate or subtitle sport-related content. If you have more questions or comments for Chris, you can get in touc...

Are you interested in finding out all about UX and UI translation? Then this episode is for you! I'm joined by user-centric localisation specialist, Eva Katernberg, who tells us all about her job and what she loves about it. Eva explains what UX and UI mean and what they look like in the context of the translation industry. She also shares her alternative route into translation and offers ple...

Welcome to the first episode of season 2! In this new season, I'll be chatting to translators about the different areas of translation they work in, and what better way to start than with audiovisual translation? As an audiovisual translator myself, I was super excited to be joined by fellow audiovisual translators, Lisa d'Alfonso and Chloe Stout, to discuss what we do. In this episode,...

Can You Manage? In this episode, I'm joined by production director Alex Collot, who talks about his management experience in a translation company. Alex tells us what his job entails, what he loves about it, and what the process of a translation project looks like. He also offers some advice for anyone who is thinking of becoming a project manager and has some great tips for freelance transla...

PhDo You or Don’t You? Find out about Silke Lührmann’s experience of her translation PhD in this episode of the Meet the Translator podcast series. From the application process to deciding on a title for your thesis, Silke talks in depth about her PhD experience and her personal research. She explains what a PhD is and what it entails, why she chose to do a PhD, and how she came up with her topic...

The Interpreter’s Output is the perfect episode for anyone interested in interpreting. Learn along with me as I chat to Sabrina Sbaccanti about her experience as a professional interpreter. In this episode, we find out what interpreting is and what an interpreter’s life looks like. Sabrina shares the challenges that come with her job, as well as the rewards, and the changes that the pandemic has b...

The Best Things in Life are Freelance  is an episode all about freelance translation. I am joined by freelance translator, Valentina Alia, who tells us about her experience. In this episode, we find out Valentina’s journey to becoming a freelance translator and why she chose this job. We also hear about her day-to-day life, the best and worst bits about being a freelance translator and how things...

Translator in the House is all about in-house translation. In this episode I chat to Julia Landry about her experience working as an in-house translator. We find out how and why Julia became an in-house translator, some of the positives and negatives of in-house translation, what a typical day in the life of an in-house translator looks like, the difference between in-house and freelance translati...

In MAstering Translation, the first episode of Meet the Translator, I chat to Chris Drew about our experiences studying an MA in translation. We talk about what we studied and how our course worked as well as the key knowledge we gained, what we wish the degree had taught us and any tips we have for those looking to study an MA in translation. We also hear the experiences of other translators and...

Welcome to Meet the Translator! This is a short introduction to let you know what the podcast series is all about and what to expect in the first episode.