The United Nations is in session, with leaders and representatives from all over the world meeting to exchange ideas. Just how can they do that, when they speak so many different languages?
Interpreters work under strict protocols, which you can read about at Slate Magazine. Link
The United Nations hires about 120 interpreters—not to be confused with translators, who translate text—who are considered the best in their profession. No education is required, but roughly 70 percent of the members of the American Translators Association have college degrees. Interpreters slot the languages they know into three categories: A, B, and C.
Interpreters work under strict protocols, which you can read about at Slate Magazine. Link
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No, not for the UN - it was unofficial, but with a lot of officials that will remain nameless :)
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Yea that is a very interesting thing to do!! What languages or countries or did you translate for whoever used that language?
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For the UN? Wow, you should write about that!
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A and B here. I did a stint interpreting a while back - it was HARD work ...
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