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...

The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany has reached an unforeseen high, just in time for a usually productive autumn and winter season....

In video conferences you will rarely get to see us do our job in the virtual sphere, but at physical events interpreting booths are...

Last week, on September 30, we celebrated International Translation Day. To mark the occasion, Germany’s Association of Conference...

This year on International Translation Day I want to share some professional advice: When preparing for an interpreting assignment, I...

Large in-person events are still under restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and with Covid-19 cases rising at the beginning of...

And there it was: the first assignment at an in-person event since the pandemic started. I love those moments right before a conference...

When two of my favorite things - interpreting and dance - happen at the same time, it’s like my birthday, Christmas, and Easter all...

Have you ever wondered what has changed about interpreting workspaces in times of Covid-19? Well, for one, I worked a large part from...

For my last RSI assignment the client used Microsoft Teams to meet with the partners of a large consulting firm. Unlike Zoom, which...

When we provide professional simultaneous translation remotely from our own office, you may think that this could be pretty convenient,...

Professional interpreters usually prefer to drink still water during an assignment. The reason is quite simple: sparkling water will...

I have often been asked how many languages I speak, being a professional conference interpreter and all. Before I answer that question,...

Clients are currently booking consecutive interpreters as well – under strict hygiene conditions and only for small groups of people,...