Sophie Llewellyn Smith
The Complete Interpreter
A podcast to help spoken language conference interpreters or public service interpreters stand out in a competitive market by improving their skills, mindset, and marketing.
Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: theinterpretingcoach.com
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Sophie Llewellyn Smith
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Jul 13, 2025
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Episodes
Asking for feedback 20.11.2023 48:41
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just an interpreting or translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, use of language, and mar...
Dealing with slow speakers 13.11.2023 21:09
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just an interpreting or translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this e...
Talking about acts of violence (a vocabulary-building podcast for English retourists) 06.11.2023 17:39
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, designed...
Sapientia potentia est: a few useful Latin phrases for you 30.10.2023 29:35
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, use of language, and marketing. In this e...
So...should you, like, avoid saying 'so' and 'like'? 23.10.2023 27:59
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just an interpreting or translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this e...
Why you should continue doing consec without notes (even if you hate it!) 16.10.2023 19:11
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk ab...
Thoughts about preparing for the EU accreditation test (part 3) 09.10.2023 56:16
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just an interpreting or translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. This epis...
'Ums' and 'ers' in interpreting - can they be eliminated? 02.10.2023 18:14
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just an interpreting or translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this e...
Two fun tricks for working on your retour 25.09.2023 21:19
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk ab...
Tips for keeping your memory in top shape 24.07.2023 36:26
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. This episode is all about memo...
EU accreditation test for freelances: hints and tips from successful candidates (part 2) 17.07.2023 1:28:00
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. For this episode, I interviewed five freelance interpreters who have recently taken (and passed!) the EU interinstitutional accreditation test. A big thank you to Andrea Alvisi, Gavin Darroch, Jonathan McGregor, Charlotte Ford, and Raquel Jones. They share lots of information and tips about : - the format of the exam - the...
Everything you always wanted to know about the EU interinstitutional accreditation test 10.07.2023 1:53:01
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just an interpreting or translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. This epis...
The cycle of change - creating lasting habits 03.07.2023 28:14
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk ab...
Speech preparation to improve your retour? Who has time for that?! 26.06.2023 21:58
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk about...
Improve your performance with self-affirmation techniques 19.06.2023 5:04
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk about...
Echoic memory and how you use it when interpreting 12.06.2023 31:29
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk about...
Everything you always wanted to know about the UN interpreting exams 05.06.2023 2:27:05
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. This episode is all about the...
Bad day in the booth? How to 'let go' of mistakes 29.05.2023 52:17
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. This episode is about making mistakes and learning to move on from them. It was inspired by Stefano, who wrote: "I wonder if you could consider the topic of "Managing bad performance or errors". Let me give you an example. Yesterday I hesitated during the translation of an interview on TV. It was nothing maj...
Improving formal register in a B language, part 3 (activation) 22.05.2023 19:01
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. Before we get any further:...
Rusty retour? How to refresh your work > B 15.05.2023 21:21
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I discuss som...
Exercises to improve formal register in a B language, part 2 (vocabulary-building) 08.05.2023 24:00
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. Before we get any further:...
Salami technique vs short décalage in retour 01.05.2023 34:10
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk ab...
Using generic terms to improve your retour 24.04.2023 14:08
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. This episode is all about gene...
Exercises for improving your formal register in a B language (pt 1, awareness-raising) 17.04.2023 20:03
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I'm...
How to be clearer in simultaneous 10.04.2023 29:24
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach. Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing. In this episode, I talk about...
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