This September, we had the pleasure of interpreting at an international youth conference on Climate Justice organised by Kindernothilfe...

I recently accompanied an American delegation on a visit to a German subsidiary of one of the Big Five American technology companies,...

The slow-down button is a relic of old times, I find. It is said that, back in the day, when simultaneous interpreting equipment was...

As an interpreter, I am a multi-tool, generally slipping into the role of the respective speaker. I wear their different hats, so to...

Before every assignment interpreters will spend several hours to familiarise themselves with the topic and vocabulary. But what happens...

You want to make recordings of events or video conferences, radio and TV interviews, promo videos, online content videos or online...

Some of my clients are always curious to take a look at my notepad when I interpret consecutively, wondering what all these doodles could...

I just returned from an interpreting assignment in Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, where - according to the locals - they are...

With collective bargaining negotiations for the German public sector in full swing, town hall meetings are now being held with the...

I'm trying something new this year: a virtual advent calendar on interpreting, presenting you with 24 tips, facts and anecdotes on my...

Last Saturday, the DolTec interpreting hub celebrated its opening in The Science Park Gelsenkirchen. After a musical prelude, founding...

Last week, on September 30, we celebrated International Translation Day. For the second year in a row, Germany’s Association of...

In-person events are back! Clearly, you can tell that organisers, participants and interpreters alike are beyond excited to be back on...

Most employees have adjusted to working from home as offices are closed due to the pandemic. But now they are often faced with an...

Now that we seem to have got used to the New Normal, our video conferencing habits have caused a shift in people’s thinking: Many...

With the number of COVID cases still on the rise in Germany, the 19th Annual Members’ Meeting of VKD - Germany’s professional association...

At the end of the year I usually like to post the most memorable and wonderful assignments of the past 12 months. But due to the...

At one of my last hybrid assignments I had the pleasure of using a simultaneous interpreting console equipped with a so-called gooseneck...

I had another assignment this week and worked from an interpreting hub via the Cisco WebEx video conferencing platform. Despite a complex...

The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany is still rising. So as an alternative to in-person assignments for pandemic reasons, using an...