2 Interpreters Test Their Interpreting Skills (Speed Challenge) | WIRED
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- Interpreters Barry Slaughter Olsen and Katty Kauffman face a series of challenges to test their abilities as interpreters. Can Katty translate a text message conversation in real time? Can Barry interpret a recorded speech that continually gets faster? See if these experts in their field are truly up to the task!
Barry Slaughter Olsen is the Professor of Translation and Interpretation at Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
NOTE: The techniques employed in this video are not all applicable to interpreting in a courtroom setting, where expectations regarding accuracy and completeness can be quite different. In this sense, legal interpreting is unique. More information on standards for interpreting in the U.S. courts can be found here: www.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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2 Interpreters Test Their Interpreting Skills (Speed Challenge) | WIRED
That text conversation with everyone speaking over each other sounds like my internal monologue at all times
Especially with multiple languages lmao
Get help
You might be schizophrenic
Augis Don't tell us what to do
Hahahahaha
This should be a Olympic sport
Kabeer Ahmed UP
it would be just 2 guys talking
More impressive than E-Sports honestly -.-
I agree with you. As I practice, I tell myself this is like training for the Olympics.
😂😂
It killed me when you could see she knew she was making mistakes, but I really admire how she plowed on and didn't beat herself up. This job looks brutal
There's no job like it.
It is. I'm a translator who sometimes does consecutive interpreting (waiting for someone to finish speaking a sentence before translating it into another language), and even for CI it's often impossible to get a perfect rendition of the original speech into the target language - unless you get the text of the speech beforehand, which unfortunately happens only rarely. Compared to simultaneous interpreting, which is what they do here, CI doesn't require speaking and listening at the same time, which is of course very taxing cognitively, and so it is usually impossible for SI interpreters to get everything translated. (One of the first things in SI training is to practice immediately repeating in the same language what someone else is saying. Anyone can try this with a friend, and you'll know how hard it is to keep up when simply repeating in the same language. And SI interpreters basically have to repeat in another language.) Interpreting is definitely not a job for the absolute perfectionist - much like a performer, a big element of the job is to learn to keep on going and not being held back by the mistake you know you just made. Pursuing perfection is a luxury that only translators working with written text can attempt to afford, and even with no immediate time constraints, we often find the job difficult enough. But the nerdy satisfaction of knowing you got a brilliant translation down is like no other.
@@kevwang0712 Thanks for the reply! I didn't know people were liking this comment lol. I'm pretty good at languages and I could go into interpreting in the future possibly, but I also beat myself up about my mistakes a lot so maybe verbal translating isn't a job for me lol. How did you get into translating? Was is something you always knew that you wanted to do?
@@kevwang0712 It depends what you mean by perfectionism. The idea that communication is all about the words that are said (or written) is proven nonsense. It's not that you "don't get everything" in sim, it's that you are making live, split-second decisions as to what matters in this context, for these people and this purpose. Interpreting is people skills with language attached. If you are looking for semantic perfection, you are chasing an impossible dream. If you are looking for the perfection of communication miracles like patients receiving the right treatment, companies nailing multi-million pound deals, people being carried along in stirring speeches and everyone having a fantastic live experience, welcome to the joys of excellent interpreting.
@@altahir9515 The kicking yourself when you get stuff wrong is something you can fix with the right training but reflection is a big part of interpreting.
Dude, that lady managed to translate a Chilean and a Cuban at the same time, that's pretty hard knowing how broken Chilean spanish is, also the accent in the Cuban, good job!
She was really amazing la admiro
i mean, she's chilean too so i guess it wasn't hard for her
@@Huanke_0h how do you knoe
@@juanpablomartinez7135 It s clear that she s chilean when you hear her spanish
@@tomashidalgo9830 secaaaa
Seriously, props to Katty. That was pretty awesome.
Absolutely, she started out pretty much perfectly and then had SOME trouble keeping up at that speed, but not even that much, which is insane considering she didn't know the topic, the speakers were going at light speed, and speaking over each other. Absolute pro.
My first language is Spanish and understanding them was really hard, she’s an absolute pro.
@NonyaBusiness! looooooooooooooool as a Dominican I'm SO sorry
Even I am done with the slang lmao
I was so mad when he said "It was pretty good." She was AMAZING.
@@doctorpanigrahi9975 no need to be sexist now...i'm sure you wouldn't like it if i said the same thing about a man
"Hola"
Interpreter: Hello.
Google Translate: *wwhsissbsudi*
SO TRUE!
Bing: WASSSAAAAAPP
The flaw of google translate is that translations are community made and google decide what can be fitted in the end translation
Bit bull: WATAGABITUSBERRY
@Matthew Mcmath Learn humor.
It wasn't a competition. It was a test. Two professionals sharing two different situations. The first one gave valuable info on what to do according to the speed of the speaker and the second did also a great job interpreting fast an unknown topic and talking about her own performance. Great professionals.👏👏👏
I completely agree, it's so Impressive
They are flexing their skills 💪
exactly! there is no need to compare the two, they're both super awesome.
The thing about interpreting is that when you speak a language fluently you think in that language, you are not translating it in your mind. As a native portuguese speaker I can instantly understand what an english speaker is saying and respond to it instantly, but I have a hard time translating it to portuguese. Sometimes you even forget the words in your own language. Being able to translate in real time is a real skill. Stress also comes into play.
Takes years and lot of practice🙂
Say that louder for people who believe that being a fluent polyglot = being an interpreter
Yes, exactly!!
Also, r/suddenlycaralho
I can actually do that when translating for a doctor at appointments but when he starts speaking too fast I stop him for a bit because I want to interpret everything leaving nothing out. It’s definitely not as easy as people think it is. But with practice it’s pretty great I almost sound like an indifferent machine xD
translating is a lot more different than just speaking the language fluently
It’s amazing to see the difference between the actual translation of what the speaker is saying and what the interpreter decides to interpret. The interpreter still manages to convey what is being said while keeping up with the speaker. I can’t imagine how difficult and taxing it must be to do this and this video really shows the thought and practice necessary to properly interpret.
Interpreters actually switch shifts every 30 minutes since it is so hard
Translators and interpreters do very different jobs. As a translator, what you're asked is to translate as accurately what's written. You need to respect strictly the original text, convey the exact same emotions, level of language etc... As an interpret, you can get away with some differences as long as the main idea is conveyed, as seen in this video. I have absolutely no problem with translation, and, without wanting to toot my own horn, I'm actually quite good at it, but I could never do the job of an interpret, because it's way too draining. So yeah, just different jobs.
You can see the translator has gotten the whole text, so they're kinda more able to shift words around in English to not only get the point across but also put it into more natural English, the interpreter is doing it simultaneously, it must be really taxing on the brain.
As the classic goes, translations are like women, beautiful are not faithful, faithful are not beautiful.
I've worked as an Arabic/English translator and it can be mentally draining.
As a language nerd, absolutely amazed by them! Go interpreters!
Ditto! I just started reading in Spanish and comparing translations side by side is a new hobby of mine, lol. Especially books with two or more translations because you can see where translators part ways and decide to choose this regionalism over that one, or another casual term or a more cut and dry replacement.... I hadn’t expected it to be that aspect to be so darned interesting. Tone is more important to convey than I had realized, I guess. It adds subtlety and added context that’s really important. An engrossing book can be rendered very boring if the translator chooses the strictest and driest language to describe what’s happening. So this topic in general has been on my mind lately. I love it when the timing lines up so well. 😁
I thought she looked like Alexandria ocasio-cortez 😂😂😂😂😂
I know! how many years do you think it took for her to get that accent when she spoke Spanish?
Go, interpreters*
If you're a language nerd, then you must keep the vocative in mind.
Illyasviel von Einzbern someone is jealous
I remember my French teacher told me that when she was at UN as a student one of the French ambassadors or something was speaking crazy fast French and the interpreter couldn’t really keep up so at one point she said “I don’t have time to say it but its a joke so can all of you laugh”
I don’t blame her though this job is nuts
apparently there’s also some translators that, since a pun can be untranslatable, they say “they told a joke but it’s untranslatable. please laugh,” and it cracked me up.
Wait my teacher told me the exact same thing 😳
And I bet that was more funny than the actual joke
Learns First Language: *Brain Activates*
Becomes Bilingual: *Eyes are opened to a new dimension*
Learns to Interpret: *Transcends and gains access to the Multiverse. Can read people’s minds*
A friend of my dad spoke 47 languages. I just speak 4 like most Dutch people.
@@mads751 are you kidding? and I'm struggling with english :(
@@mads751 A lot of Dutch people aren't that fluent in all 4 languages though ^^' still impressive
I am struggling with my english too
@@linamape8808 if someone wants to practice some English well I would like to practice too
Maybe through whatsapp?
Mid-way through translating I woulda been like "Bruh relax. Am I a joke to you?"
this made me laugh out loud because same lmao 😂
this made me laugh out loud because same lmao 😂
lmfao imagine saying that while translating for some important president meeting 😭😂😂🤙🏼
You have no way to communicate with the speaker when you're in a booth, only the people you're translating FOR hear you so you can't so that.
Toooooop xD
I'd like to see Katty Kauffman singing Rap God.
Id love to see her interpret it into Spanish
why do i see u everywhere ur like the new Justin Y
I’d like to see her translate it and sing it in all of the languages that she knows
Uh, sama lamaa duma lamaa, asumiendo que soy un humano.
Lo que tengo que hacer para comunicármelo, soy sobrehumano.
Innovadora y estoy hecha de goma.
Así que cualquier cosa que digas se está rebotando en mí y te pegará
Estoy devastando, más que nunca demostrando.
Cómo dar a un público de mierda una sensación de que está levitando
Nunca se desvanece, y sé que los que odian siempre están esperando.
Por el día que puedan decir que me caí, estarían celebrando.
Porque sé cómo motivarlos.
Yo hago música elevadora, tú haces música de ascensor.
Arigatou kkuma Wow. I’m learning Spanish and I could actually understand more of that than I expected. Woot! I love it when my practice comes in handy “in the Wild” outside of lessons and stuff.
My only criticism is that in the beginning they call it 'normal speed'. It may be normal talking speed in English, but never in my life have I witnessed a Spanish speaker talking that slowly 😂
Sarah Kate English speakers talk fast
Politicians (Spanish speaking) tend to talk way slower when giving a speech or any kind of public announcement than when speaking normally. Maybe that's why it felt that slow?
School and teachers always remind you to talk clearly, slowly (what we call "pausado"), and to enunciate each word when performing as an orator. I'm assuming a financial speech would fall in that category and therefore be originally of a slower pace than normal speech. :)
Latin languages sound faster because they have less dense meaning per syllable. So to convey a similar amount of meanings they naturally increase syllable speed. But that doesn't mean they are more efficient. In terms of meanings per minute, all human languages converge quite well.
@@play005517 that's so interesting! It probably has something to do with how fast the brain can formulate ideas/the brains limitations. Then again, i don't have any authority at all, sooo...
@@play005517 yes! Spanish is not as hard to understand as you’d think given the syllable count, because you have to listen for the keywords and disregard the filler
katty looks like she's about to burst out in either screaming or crying at any second in her test
High pitched: "ARE YOU KIDDING?!" LOL
Niamh-Creates That was actually her translation for “Muchachaaaa”
She said "are you kidding" a lot, it's interesting as a phrase that fits a multitude of contexts. Great choice for a "panic button" of interpreting, if you get what I'm saying.
@@kuro13wolf I never really thought about it like that.. wow that's actually quite interesting
I have been in a corporate environment where we used interpreters. They were absolutely amazing. I could understand the "other" language and I was so blown away by the natural translation provided by the interpreters, despite the speed of speech and complicated nature. This is a very special skill.
As an interpreter for a living, this makes me feel so appreciated! Thank you, lol
*NEURONS FIRE!!!!*
@Yaroslav L They set their own rates, we hired them over and over because they were so good.
I interpreted for a student conference when I was 15, and automatically interpreted the swear word the delegate said under her breath...
HAHAHAH OMG YES, WHAT HAPPENEED?!!
It was actually at one of the UN buildings in Geneva because my school is right on the border. So one of the international organizations lent us their conference rooms with all the fancy equipments and mics, it's amazing
@@butterbeer4582 they're asking what happened after you'd translated the swear word. I'm curious too.
@@MikLynNi oh nothing dw! I didn't get in trouble or anything, it was just funny. Luckily it was a small committee and there weren't any teachers there at that moment 😅
What language were you interpreting
As an interpreter myself, I love that this video showed the nitty gritty of how the job of an interpreter works! It's a rough job, but there's never a dull moment!
Interpreter here also and I agree with you.
The word order in English and Spanish is very similar, which makes a instant translation a lot easier compared to a language like Korean where verbs come at the very end of the sentence, so the interpreter must wait until the speaker has finished their sentence before they can even start translating.
True. And that's why I've been wondering if such interpreters even practice instant translation, is it SOMEHOW ON THIS PLANET possible?
KOREAN VERBS COME AT THE END DANG THEY KEEP AMAZING ME
@@Fred-hx7uc "just"
@@iilwy No, I think it's just Korean and Japanese lol
That’s interesting! German puts verbs at the end too
I am currently majoring in translation, and you just gave me a panic attack.
Translation is quite different to interpretation though.
This video doesn't really apply to translating at all.
@@jort93z We take both. It is mandatory.
Panic attack?
Well, looking at the video you are training for the future!!
Jk, if you are like the woman said at the end you'll do just fine
@@ramsinanwia9486 oof
Ha ha..
I'm a translation student and I can tell you : this job is truly hard lol
cool! which language?
j'ai peur ☠
Agreed.
We don't have simultaneous interpretation but consecutive and that's a bit easier, but still hard.
My brain turns into mush after having to interpret for 10 minutes, it is truly, difficult
As a beginner interpreter, I love how the comments are positive towards interpreting. While in my job it is not uncommon for some people to underestimate how taxing it can be and how it's 'just translating'!
I hope that, as time has gone by since you made this comment, you've come to realise that when people say that kind of thing, it's just because of ignorance. We can't expect people outside of the language industry to understand the skills required behind the job - why on earth would they know? Just develop standard, patient responses to the FAQ.
As a translator, I have found that the best reply to things like, "Yeah, your quote is too expensive and I have a bilingual employee who can do it," is, "If there are pre- and post-graduate degrees for a profession, that should indicate to you that specialist knowledge is actually quite necessary." If they don't get it after that, I just wish them well and move on.
@@orchardlea Definitely! I think it's kind of natural that common people might underestimate it because it's language-related, if it was accounting, engineering, they might not make the same kind of comments.
It's always a relief to find someone who is on the same page/understands about this matter.
Is everyone just going to ignore that Barry's middle name is 'Slaughter'?
LOOOL
I'm looking for this comment
rhymes with laughter
It’s because he’s absolutely killin’ it out here
@@KungFuPanda1223 you reminded me of "dearest creature in creation, study English pronunciation.."
As a translator and interpreter, interpreting sucks. Translating alone and in peace is the best.
be more exposed to native speakers to hone listening
Agreed. It's an annoying job. In my opinion you are better off choosing interpreting jobs that allow for more pausing, than speed ones.
XD for me translating is boring...interpreting 911 calls and medical situations are fun!
It's the opposite for me, love being in the center of all the action
Agreed. After practicing interpretation at the university, I decided I would never ever do that again :D Happy with my calm translations.
The talkers: "It was hard to listen. It was hard to read while you're talking."
Every interpreter: 9:17
And I thought translating for my mom was challenging
This was my dream job but now I'm giving up, thanks Wired!
don't give up!! with study and practice I'm sure you can do it ♡♡♡
Practice makes perfect! I'm aiming for Chinese and Korean translation. You just gotta try your best
Do give up! You can do anything you set your mind to 💛
Same
@@danielaferreira2257 np ill give up
I remember watching a UN speech by Hugo Chavez when he mentioned sulfur in the air (referring to Bush's presence) and the reaction of the interpreter made it seem like she was shocked he even said that or didn't want to interpret what he said. And then when Gaddafi made a very long speech, his interpreter collapsed. Interesting moments have taken place in the UN
I kind of feel like the UN is useless tbh.
@@TheGreatCooLite what makes you say that? They fight for peace and justice and do a lot in that they were a big reason canada declared war on global warming and climate change they do a lot of good and are way more useful the Congress at they very least.
mr boop they’re also riddled with corruption
Originally had good intentions but greed is just waaay too common there
@@TheGreatCooLite as a suffering history student that studies the nuances of the UN and how it fails, or has failed/succeeded in the past 55-75 years, yeah. It's pretty useless when the situation truly matters.
@@mrboop8905 the UN and the Brentwood Institutions, for me, are an extension of the foreign policies of the US and UK (EU). UN Resolutions for the US are taken as suggestions.
I do medical interpretation, and this makes me think of when I get to interpret in the ER or during an active birth. I have to translate for the patient and the doctor/nurses as accurately as I possibly can and quickly. Both in the ER and in the birth room this can get interesting lol
If you are an interpreter,then you interpret not translate.
Interpretation - verbal
Translation - written
I want to do medical translation too and I am 17. Any tips??
How much you get per hour/session? I personally wouldnt be able to handle the pressure: 1. Being in actual ER/birth scene would be too much, 2. Thinking of making errors that could cause someones health jeopardized. Much respect to you.
As a fellow colleague, all I can say that I decided to stop doing video remote interpreting after interpreting and trying to relay instructions for an epidural while the patient had 1 to 5 minute contractions.
A few nauseated patients chucking at my webcam view...
I have to say... I'm impressed. I'm a native spanish speaker and I didn't understand what the spanish dude was saying (a lot of uncommon and technical words) let alone interpreting him.
Maybe I'm not smart enough but either way I'm impressed. 😅
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Spanish is only my third language but I'm not bad at it at all but could barely follow anything during especially the really quick parts of the speech.
I'm able to understand this kind of technical speak in English which is my second language but definitely need to study more to get on this level in Spanish
MarvelousSandstone - What’s your third language?
@@PeaceNinja007 I speak German, which is my native language, English which I'm fluent in by now, Spanish where I'm somewhere in the advanced category and currently also learn Swedish just for fun.
Nothing to wild because so far I haven't really gone out of the major European language families but I'm already planning what language I will tackle next once I get better at Spanish and reach a higher level of Swedish.
Sofía Pamal i think the guy said he was Chilean. and she studied and worked(s) in Chile so im sure she got most of his interpretation right
@@benjames7932 She is Chilean, so it wasn't difficult for her to follow Chilean slang.
Please do sign language interpreters
Sing language is fascinating with the fact that every country has it's own signs. I wanted to learn some so I searched the English internet, because that has more free resources for learning. And then it occurred to me that I was learning American sign language. In the end asl is not even close to my country's sign language but oh well.
I wonder of there are any sign to sign interpreters? It's probably easier than I imagine idk 😂
I was going to say the same thing
Pavlínka there are hearing ASL interpreters with certified Deaf interpreters
I’m a sign language interpreter and would love to see this too!
Barry: Wears headphones and listens to a conference in Spanish to translate into English.
Katty: *Sitting in between two people speaking over each other and having to translate over the sound of her own voice*
SeEmS fAiR tO mE 👌🏼
She's better lmao
Oh. Was this a competition?? I skiped a bit . Didn't realise
Me before getting into the meat of the video: "To be fair, reading and translating us probably easier than listening to something while translating"
Me after realising it isn't one listening and the other reading: "...I may have made my prediction a little bit early"
But they're both amazing so it doesn't matter which is harder. I'm bilingual and I could not do this.
@@lillajoba6710 Remember that Interpreters are always listening and speaking, while Translators are the ones that read and write. Tbh, I like translating way more. My head can't cope with interpreting something in real time.
Ragingangel he was translating harder text like politics and economics compared to conversation vocabulary
I like how they explain their own thought processes and faults and it's not just a demonstration of realtime translation.
The interpreters did a great job. I speak Japanese, and (as other people have pointed out) the word order is very different. This would have no effect on consecutive interpretation, but for simultaneous interpretation, you'd need a long ear-voice span (time between hearing input language and speaking the output language, as described in another video). But I'm sure interpreters would need to cope with the challenge in some other ways too, that I'd love to hear about. Additionally, Japanese has so many difficult-to-translate phrases and words and I'd love to hear about how their dealt with in interpretation settings. So, Wired, one more video, please!
Man... this is _phenomenal._
Pierce Arner Interpreter: Es fénomenal!
Katty's test was insane, I actually felt angry at the two speakers because they were speaking so fast, they weren't actually typing their "text messages" and it didn't really seem like they were really having a conversation.
Just me being old I guess
RiverSiege
I think that was the point though, they were reading an old conversation. If they had to type it out and read it, they would probably be going so slow it wouldn’t be a challenge for the interpreter. I think they might have been slowly speeding up too to test how fast the interpreter could go. Normal speech wouldn’t ever be that fast most likely.
SquiDragon any seasoned interpreter should be able to handle that though. There are worse situations.
RiverSiege thats kind of the point. it was just a twist on how she can flex her skills
Guys, barry's test was relatively lame. In the "fast" speed he was only at average spanish speed. Spanish is the second fastest language (fastest is japanese).
@@83hjf I thought chinese was the fastest, but I guess it's just the wide range of characters that makes their translation so big that it's impossible to keep up when reading subtitles
i love the bit at the end when she calls herself a nerd + talks about how much she loves her job!
Katty's my new role-model! I worked as an interpreator but orientated myself to translation because I found it too stressful. This video really gave me the motivation to go back at it :)
Not gonna lie, I'm still squinting at how the girl in black looks so much like Dua Lipa it's alarming.
same
I thought she was AOC for a moment
She looks more like cristiano ronaldo's wife
Whoa
Thoght you said "I'm still squirting"
Now do Japanese to English. No common vocabulary. Inverted word order.
Actually plenty of common vocab these days. Depending upon the context.
Non-Latin Language Latin Language generally means that the interpreter will wait until the sentence is finished to begin speaking.
Exactly. I do Turkish- English and the two languages are SO different. It makes a huge difference
I’ll soon start studying English - Korean translation and interpretation .. kinda worried but super excited!!
@@shioma I do English to Russian and it's interesting and quite tiresome
As an interpreting student this gave me anxiety but made me kinda proud at the same time
"I get paid to study" that went straight to my heart !
I had the pleasure to meet Kathy in Juan Fernandez, Chile. She is an amaizing person
Ella es chilena o estadounidense? Por su nombre pensaría que nació en USA. Su acento en español es perfecto por lo que alcancé a escuchar en el video anterior.
@@m.c.v.a.8586 la conocí acá en Chile y me dio la impresión que era Chilena
Sí, creo q es Chilena. Lo dijo alguien en el previo video.
@@m.c.v.a.8586 ella es Chilena.
@@nothayley Ella es estadounidense, hizo algunos estudios universitarios y estudió Derecho en Chile.
5:25 Laughed the entire time :D They were trying to go fast and she actually managed to keep up, lol :)
That lady is a BEAST👑👑👑👑👑👑 She did an awesome job because it’s hard interpreting one person that fast but two at the speed is another level!
I am an interpreter and i can confirm there are many challenges we face daily. It comes down to be able to convey the meaning and have the message understood satisfactorily.
You cannot destroy my dreams! I still want to become an interpreter. 9:36 as she said "this is the best job in the world!"
She got me right there
English: Their kids are currently at the age during which proper behavior is a very serious challenge. Spanish: ¡Son terribles!
You can effectively shorten the English sentence to 'little twerps' and convey the same meaning.
@@GearyDigit Funny
Castellano: Están en la edad del pavo.
Michael Geiss ‘they are misbehaved’ also works. You can stretch it out in spanish and do it word by word as well i dont see your point
we have a term for that. It’s called “terrible 2’s” lol
I love how Katty enjoys her job and you can clearly see it.
Love how passionate they both are about their jobs!
These interpreters are beyond this world. Better than google translate def. Lmao.
LMAOOOO GOOGLE TRANSLATE!?!? Please dont insult these fine folk they have to INTERPRET INCLUDING CONTEXT WHICH CHANGES SO MUCH DEPENDING ON VOICE AND SITUATION IN GOOGLE TRANSLATE U SAY A LA UNA FAST AND IT'LL GIVE U ONE WING BYEE 😂😂😂
I mean there’s at least 5 years of studies and decades of experience behind them. That’s incomparable to a computer program...
After watching this video, y'all should see Alternatino "The world's worst translator"
Trust me
its an aight sketch
I love the educational WIRED videos where they bring in experts to talk about their professions. It's engaging while still having a very academic tone
"this is the best job in the world"
i felt that😌
where would we be without interpreters... wow such cool to watch, keep up with this series!
Amazing job with the Mastermind series lately! Good job WIRED!
Ahhh I love hearing when a person genuinely loves their job
I'm a polyglot, but the thought of being an interpreter makes my brain hurt.
Out of curiosity, which languages do you speak?
@@somebodysomewhere3451 Spanish, English, French, Latin, and some Arabic
Knowing languages is not enough.You have to study to become translator/interpreter.Is not for everyone.
@@Strxwberry_psyche ooh what dialect of Arabic are you familiar with?
@@melanie851 They know that, it's why they said the idea of being an interpreter makes their brain hurt
Interpreters have such an important, stressful job. One wrong word and BOOM, there goes a nuke.
Many world leaders speak English so many times when they talk to other world leaders they don't need a translator
@@joeblack363 It was a joke. But yeah, I'm sure that's the case often times. However, not sure that's true when it comes to Trump with Kim Jong Un and him with Putin. I always see their respective interpreters by their sides. Maybe just in case, like for clarity sake.
I don't really know anything but it would be very dumb to not have an interpreter. And Id say that listening to languages seems easier than actually speaking it.
@@Pavlinka__ Agreed. Don't want any miscommunications when it comes to serious issues. And yeah, I'm sure it is!
@@adamemac Also, some world leaders are forbidden by law to use a foreign language when in official meetings. So, even if they can communicate in English, they wouldn't.
Hey thanks a lot for making this interpreter series. I really look forward to more videos and learn more about it.
As a medical interpreter I just want to say: please stop practicing your Spanish while having a conversation via the interpreter WE’RE NOT HERE TO BE YOUR TEACHER 🤦🏻♀️
Ah yes, I hate when they do that
Can you please explain??
Oh my god I can’t imagine how frustrating that is. I’m an entry level ASL interpreter (associates degree) and I’ve never had that experience, thank god.
As someone going to school and currently studying to translate and also interpreter I really appreciate this little mini series! We don't normally get a lot of credit for our job but this makes me so happy ^.^
More of this topic please 😍
TAI LOCA?!
"only chileans say that"
props to my man here!
Actually it's estai loca, but chileans tend to drop their "s"
“Tay” also works. It has been used so often that it has become a word itself. I also use “toy” sometimes.
Toy chiquito= I am small.
lmao chileans aren't original seeing as us brazilians have been using(es)tá, (es)tô, (es)tava, etc. for *ages*. cs tão imitando agente? kkkk
@@lahagemo sorry i don't speak sopa do Macaco uma delicia hahahaha
@@lahagemo Actually, even within Spanish speaking countries, that's not that rare. Here in Mexico, we say toy, tas, ta, tamos, tan. What is interesting for me is tas becoming tay.
This series is honestly superb. Thank you Wired, please keep it up!
8:40 "Only chileans say that. Nobody else conjugates verbs that way" 😂
I absolutely love these videos about interpretation. Fascinating job!!!
My brain wouldn't be able to process even 1% of all those phases lol kk' GG
I'm bilingual, technically even multilingual because I speak two more languages but not as fluently and heck interpreting for someone is always extremely hard.
The brainpower that uses will exhaust you fast if you aren't careful.
I definitely understand why they usually switch after 30 minutes during big conferences.
Because brazilians dont speak spanish
@@Shadow77999 thats one explanation indeed kk
Please more of this!!! this two interpreters are awesome!
Been an interpreter myself in the corporate world for over 12 years and have experienced these same situations. What an accurate description of the job! Keep it up!
What she said at the end made me smile so much. I want to be an interpreter and this level of validation and information about my dream job is really comforting.
Thank you for all this material. I am a professional interpreter and I enjoy these videos in learning something new every time!
This is excellent content! I've learned so much! I hope you put out more on the subject!
More of these two, please!
DUOLINGO OWL: HAVE YOU DONE YOUR SPANISH LESSON TODAY!!
Hahah
“i know you’re chilean”
“yeah that has nothing to do with it”
7:08 💀😭😭😂
Chilean is like another language. Dude.
@Daniela Lobos Pérez mwahahaha I WISH Chileans disliked reggaeton... most clubs play nothing BUT reggaeton, it drives me nuts here...
I find the series on interpreters really interesting
Thank you for the videos :)
I hope you do more of this
I don't even know if I could be an interpreter; I get distracted by my thoughts way too easily, sigh.
Wdym lol?
Not everyone can , but yes, being able to stay focused for a long periods of time is an essential skill 🙂
This will trigger my sensory overload so bad...
Just thinking bout it makes me anxious and excited at the same time haha.
As a half chilean and asian,this lady right here deserves a award👏
Both were amazing! It's unreal how well they have perfected their craft. Loved it ❤️😬
I love these interpreting videos. Really informative and inspiring.
GREAT VIDEO! The best way to show everyone that knowing to languages is not enough to translate or interpret, it takes a lot more effort! Is a career like any other that takes years of studying and dedication, and is not just sometime that you can do with google translate or an app, or someone who learn a foreign language. Love it! As much as I love my career ❤
These two are very professional simultaneous interpreters. Normally we only need consecutive interpretation or just translation. It’s very difficult to do what they do and it takes years of intensive training.
I LOVE THESE VIDEOS! I was an interpreter for an insurance company. Loved it. We were offsite so I could take notes on the computer and look at the file and get context. Saved my butt lots of times. This is another level.
it's so incredible that they speak AND listen at the same time to the next part of the speech and still keep translating. They're amazing
She's absolutely right at the end. Love my job. Vivan los Nerds! 😎
Impressive. Now think about the translators working in language with completely alien grammar and vocabulary, like Vietnamese or Japanese.
Doesnt matter much tho
Or Turk languages... where verbs come generally at the end of a sentence and the difference between positive, negative and 'not being able to' is very tiny (e.g.: biliyorum = i know, bilmiyorum = i don't know, bilemiyorum = i can't know).
Surprisingly, it isn't way more difficult!
As a Vietnamese, I can assure that the structure of a sentence would be the same, except the adjective comes after the noun, not before it. But the hard part of translating Vietnamese into English is - God knows how many idioms there are in Vietnamese. Japanese would be different with inverted sentence structure and similar sounding syllables.
@@laertesdd Even when verbs are at the end of a sentence, it doesn't really matter! Interpreters study sentence+language patterns in great depth so it is very easy to know what verbs will be used, etc :)
You shoud make more episodes about interpreters, this is way very interesting thing to watch :3
Absolutely fascinating. Great idea for a video Wired!
"Barry Slaughter" someone get this cool scene interpreter a MySpace page
Me emocionó cuando dijo que este era el mejor trabajo del mundo, porque estoy estudiando traducción y quiero llegar a ser una intérprete, pero en Chile es como difícil trabajar en eso, dicen. Pero cuando estoy en contacto con personas que hablan otras lenguas y puedo comunicarme con ellos es tan emocionante poder explicarle a los demás de que está hablando esa persona.
Quiero ser una intérprete también. ¿como estas en tu camino ahora? despues de un año
@@Just_a_Jynx hola, actualmente estoy en mi tercer año de traducción (de 4 años) interpretación es una opción que puedes seguir si es que quieres pero eso es después de terminar los 4 años de traducción y ahí hacer 2 años más de interpretación, así que aún no llego ahí. En traducción siento que está bien, solo que debes esforzarte muuucho para así poder aprender bien los idiomas, en mi caso alemán. La pandemia también influyó mucho en la carrera, ya que aprender idiomas es algo que necesita mucho la forma presencial, para estar más en contacto con todo, si te interesa seguir hablando o quieres compartir dudas o ideas puedes escribirme a mi instagram @mvalenaa para que hablemos mejor :)
@@ValentinaAlmuna Eso es tan dulce de tu parte, gracias
They both are INCREDIBLE
Her happy message about how much she loves her job at the end made me happy
Awesome video as I have myself worked as an interpreter! Taxing but amazing job
Great video. Many interpreters get caught up in a “word by word” interpretation because it is sometimes taught when beginning this career. But with experience you learn that meaning is what really matters. That actually is the definition of interpretation.
I love this. This actually shows how language learners struggle understanding LANGUAGE VIDEOS which applies to watching grammar lectures and films. The mental process is really stressful because a lot of FOCUS is required.
Fellow interpreter here. It really IS the best job in the world! I love every moment of it with the difficulties and imperfections and mistakes and funny moments. Thank you for the video!