Simultaneous interpreting
Simultaneous is the most impersonal type of interpreting, where the professional interpreter is located "behind the scenes", often in a soundproof booth or room, working with special interpreting equipment, headphones and microphones. In simultaneous interpreting the listener listens to the interpretation in real time through special headphones provided. The interpreter sits in a booth wearing headphones with microphone and listens to the speaker and relays the message through the microphone that delivers it to the headphones used by the audience. A booth is used to provide each language and two or three interpreters in each booth, this very much depends on the conference or event subject and extent of technicality as it depends on the working hours.
Simultaneous interpreting is most frequently requested mode: the interpreter sits in an interpreting booth hears what the speaker is saying in the source language and simultaneously reiterates what is being said into the target language, using a microphone to communicate with listeners. The advantages of simultaneous interpreting are no lost time both the original speech and the interpreting can be heard practically at the same time.
Though it is more common, the interpreter renders their interpretation while still receiving the source utterance, most people can’t explain how it is done but simply the professional interpreter is a bilingual and therefore the process of relaying the message takes less than seconds. In simultaneous interpretation the message is rendered in the target-language as quickly as he/she can build up the grammatical equivalent of the source language, while the source-language speaker goes on emphasizing or moving from one point to the next the unseen professional interpreter sitting in the sound-proof booth, provides the interpretation via a microphone to the audience’s earphones.
When the interpreter is not actually interpreting in most cases he stays in the booth preparing for the next speech or is there to assist his colleague if necessary. Because of the high concentration required, our interpreters usually do not interpret for more than thirty minutes before switching.
Simultaneous interpreting is most frequently requested mode: the interpreter sits in an interpreting booth hears what the speaker is saying in the source language and simultaneously reiterates what is being said into the target language, using a microphone to communicate with listeners. The advantages of simultaneous interpreting are no lost time both the original speech and the interpreting can be heard practically at the same time.
Though it is more common, the interpreter renders their interpretation while still receiving the source utterance, most people can’t explain how it is done but simply the professional interpreter is a bilingual and therefore the process of relaying the message takes less than seconds. In simultaneous interpretation the message is rendered in the target-language as quickly as he/she can build up the grammatical equivalent of the source language, while the source-language speaker goes on emphasizing or moving from one point to the next the unseen professional interpreter sitting in the sound-proof booth, provides the interpretation via a microphone to the audience’s earphones.
When the interpreter is not actually interpreting in most cases he stays in the booth preparing for the next speech or is there to assist his colleague if necessary. Because of the high concentration required, our interpreters usually do not interpret for more than thirty minutes before switching.
