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Send me a Voicemail or Text! How much baggage am I allowed?! How much can I handle? Marco Nardi talks about the advantages and disadvantages of knowing multiple languages and knowing multiple cultures for signed language interpreters. We may have more benefits than we may think we do. How can our baggage be a benefit? He also encourages us to rethink how we train interpreters. Is the "assault...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "I'll take a side "order" of chaos." Today we visit with Marco Nardi and Italian sign language interpreter living in the UK. He shares his first experience falling into the profession beginning in Italy and stepping into the UK. His insight into how we used to interact with the deaf community, learning, sharing and developing our language and c...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Keep Calm! Keep Interpreting! Important vs. Urgent Interpreting Tips explaining two phrases I use at the end of episodes. What do they mean? Keep Calm. Keep Interpreting. Less stress, less worry about things that don't matter helps us do our work better. How do we know what to focus on and what to let go? I discuss this and more in today's episode of Interpre...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Magical Interpretations for All! This week we say farewell to Dr Cormac Leonard of Ireland. He shares his advice for new interpreters to be aware that their first steps into the profession are crucial for their development. He also discusses how we can use what he learned from his research into the history of our profession and the Deaf community in Ireland. This and m...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Making history! Yes, it's been a year since I launched this podcast. Lots of memories! Today Dr Cormac Leonard gives us a brief history lesson of the interpreting profession in Ireland. What were those first interpreters like? How were they different? What can we learn for today and our future? I'll see you next week, until then... Give me feedback or comment...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "Long haired-hippy, need not apply..." Cormac takes us back to his journey to becoming the interpreter that he is today. We learn a little about the training of, the working conditions of, and the influences on interpreters. Get ready for some life lessons from Cormac. Stayed for more next week! I'll see you next week, until then... Give me feedback or c...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Wave your hands, token! Wave! We are grateful to meet with Dr Cormac Leonard from Ireland. In this episode we discuss the state of the profession in Ireland and the issues to plague us all. These are the little day-to-day topics we deal with that affect individual interpreters, the profession and the communities we serve. The topics include: making a living, accessibil...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Words? What are those? So many thigns influence our interpreting work. Language development is critical. When you don't use your native language normally on a regular basis it can cause problems. What problems? This episode discusses the many ways my interpreting was influenced positively and negatively by me being an expat, living and working permanently in anoth...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! What (dance) steps do you take in your approach to interpreting? Today Bostjan shares his research into Slovene Sign Language and a theory of translation that gave him a new perspective on interpreting today. I'll see you next week, until then... Give me feedback or comments! Keep the passion AWAKE! (Buy Me a Coffee) Be one of THE cool kids, join the newsletter! P...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Check your privilege. Empower others by example, with information, and respect. Bostjan shares his perspective from his experiences about the development of the Deaf and interpreting communities in Slovenia. Does it compare to yours? Maybe such thoughts can empower us as interpreters to better serve our communities. Annnd... learn about "Love" in Slovenia. Gi...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Footstep by footstep, walking is good exercise. We all walk on different paths. Today our guest Bostjan shares a bit of the history and development of the interpreting profession in Slovenia. He speaks of the education and testing to become an interpreter. He also opens up about his feelings as a CODA and a short story of life before Slovenia became independent. Learn...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Sightseeing in Slovenia with Slovene Sign Language interpreting. (Say that five times fast.) Learning from a CODA interpreter in Slovenia, gives us one more perspective that adds another piece to the puzzle of our profession. Bostjan Jerko shares his story and experience in interpreting with us in this interview. How do they get paid? Where do they work? What languages...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Be like Jill! Be like Kamila! Ask me. Tell me. Inspire others! Two fans left me some voicemails. Jill asks me why I made my move, how technology influences our work, and more. Kamila shares her best way to listen to the podcast. I answer their questions from my experience, and look to the future. I know each of you have questions or comments about each of the episodes....

Send me a Voicemail or Text! What do these have in common? 2D 3D Creative Star Trek Role That's right... SPACE! Robert expands on the concept of Role Space in this episode, connecting it to language, culture, and more. Enjoy this last episode in this interview. Give me feedback or comments! Keep the passion AWAKE! (Buy Me a Coffee) Be one of THE cool kids, join the newsletter! Please rate and...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! There's always a story. Stories make things real. They share history and connect us. Robert shares how he and Peter brainstormed their concept of Role Space. Their starting point of "start with the expected" helps us clear the metaphors from our heads that have been used for decades. We can start to understand what is the interpreter's role better....

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "I don't wanna!!" But...you can be. You are. Sometimes our path leads us to where we need to go. We learn who we are, what we can be. Today, Robert shares his reluctant "coming of age" interpreter story.  Telling us the lessons he learned that shaped his first steps into our profession. Next week we look about Role Space and how it came into be...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! You must be this high to ride this ride! We all have to conform to systems, bureaucracies, policies and rules. My guest today introduces us to these thoughts as he shares his story of living and working in the UK. Let's learn about interpreting and it's quirks there through the eyes of Robert G Lee. We'll learn more of this comparison and his research th...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! aRRGHH! My contact fell out! Ever feel like you cannot really see what's happening? Sometimes there's so much going on that we aren't sure what to do next. We're not sure what it all means. Today I share four concepts that I remind myself of when situations get a bit complicated. It also helps me to remember these four perspectives when I become &qu...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Respect is a condition for... (Listen to the end to find out.) In this last part of our chat about interpreting in Serbia, we talk about: starting the profession. old and new ways of looking at what interpreting is. experts and real experts. and some authentic perspectives from Vera. I want to thank Vera for a great conversation over these three episodes. Great insight...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! How do you get paid?? The judge said what??!! Let's take a few moments to reflect on our journey as an interpreter. Recall what it was like to start, to go to your first gig. Then compare that to Vera's stories. Vera tells us more details of the development of sign language interpreting in Serbia. The beginning is not that long ago. She tells us of the many r...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! A sound Cat-astrophe?! [Yes, we hear some scratches and thumps from Vera's sick cat, but interpreters are flexible.] Today I visit with Vera Jovanovic from Belgrade, Serbia. She shares about interpreter education, working conditions, the association, and how it all fits together with the large Deaf community and it's organizations too. Join the discussion: Gi...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! "You can't do that!" "Can you believe she did that??!!" "I hate it when..." We are all guilty of thinking or saying something like that above. In today's InterpreTips episode I give a clear look at why we should respect each of our colleagues who are in this journey with us. It is true we must evaluate, analyze, and improve our w...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! Don't talk about interpreting?! And who is Bob?! Dr Jonathan Downie and I finish our conversation. He leaves us with some ideas to think about as we continue our journey in interpreting. How do we view interpreting, what is it? Train interpreters for real life. Learn the skill of reading the room. Thanks to Jonathan for his time and discussion. It is good to learn...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! What?! I'm not the important one?!! I continue the conversation with Dr Jonathan Downie from Scotland as he gives us more thoughts about the field of spoken and signed language interpreting. We laugh... at our own jokes. We try to be profound when our words won't come out. We give our opinions of what interpreters should think about. We even look at possible...

Send me a Voicemail or Text! What?! The theory doesn't match reality?!! I continue the conversation with Dr Jonathan Downie from Scotland as he gives us his incite into the field of spoken language interpreting. Looking through his world view we see that models, theories and standards don't always match the reality of our work. Click the links below to be a part of the discussion: Give m...