The Complete Interpreter
The Complete Interpreter
Sophie Llewellyn Smith
Starting simultaneous? 5 bad habits to avoid
38 minutes Posted Feb 5, 2024 at 6:00 am.
Intro
Common problems in simultaneous (esp. for retourists)
Bad habit 1: short décalage
Bad habit 2: trying to say everything
Bad habit 3: sticking to the SL sentence structure + word order
Bad habit 4: 'translating' the original
Bad habit 5: not having a pure client
Summary: be a swan, not a parrot
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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 marketing.

This episode is for those of you who have just begun simultaneous. There are a few habits or approaches that I think it's best NOT to fall into.  See if you agree!

1. too short a décalage
2. trying to say EVERYTHING
3. sticking exactly to the sentence structure and word order of the original
4. 'translating'
5. not having a pure client


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Sophie (aka The Interpreting Coach)



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