Fifth Floor
Fifth Floor
BBC World Service
Raucous rude and simultaneously translated!
18 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2020 at 2:02 pm.
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How do you simultaneously interpret a live US presidential debate, when the candidates are talking over each other, and throwing in the odd insult as well? Over to BBC Persian’s top team, Siavash Ardalan and Nicholas Niksadat.

Image: BBC Persian's simultaneous interpreters, alongside President Trump and Joe Biden
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