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]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/11/interpreter/#comment-571993 Sat, 18 Nov 2017 20:21:55 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=31626#comment-571993 In reply to Kassandra Lamb.

Oh good! I’m glad I wasn’t way off base, lol

]]> By: Kassandra Lamb https://writershelpingwriters.net/2017/11/interpreter/#comment-571958 Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:13:14 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=31626#comment-571958 My husband is a linguist/translator and you nailed this one! The toughest type of interpretation is simultaneous (what is done at the United Nations, for example). The interpreter has to think in two languages at once, and remember what was just said while listening to what is currently being said and while interpreting what was just said. Person needs to pretty much be bilingual from childhood.

Can’t wait for this thesaurus to come out!!

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