Interpreter Breaks Down How Real-Time Translation Works | WIRED

Conference interpreter Barry Slaughter Olsen explains what it's really like to be a professional interpreter. Barry goes behind the scenes of his vocation, breaking down the many real-life scenarios he faces on a day-to-day basis. From simultaneous and consecutive interpretation to chuchotage and décalage, take a peek behind what it really takes to be a professional interpreter.



Barry Slaughter Olsen is the Professor of Translation and Interpretation at Middlebury Institute of International Studies.







Footage of Muammar Gaddafi at the 64th General Assembly provided by the United Nations. (The views in the film are not those of the United Nations).



Conference Earpiece courtesy of Conference Rental.

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Interpreter Breaks Down How Real-Time Translation Works | WIRED