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Nadine Hegmanns
Oct 20, 20243 min read
Interpeting at the German Dance Award
This October, my fellow interpreting colleague Andrea Wilming from Proscenium and I had the great honour and pleasure of offering our...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Apr 12, 20241 min read
RSI still in demand
If you thought we would go back to living in a pre-COVID-like world, you were wrong. A few things have changed permanently, and people...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 17, 20231 min read
From The Perspective Of The Moon
This September, we had the pleasure of interpreting at an international youth conference on Climate Justice organised by Kindernothilfe...
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Nadine Hegmanns
May 29, 20231 min read
Slow-down button
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...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Apr 10, 20232 min read
Know your ropes
Before every assignment interpreters will spend several hours to familiarise themselves with the topic and vocabulary. But what happens...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Apr 5, 20231 min read
Voice-over services
You want to make recordings of events or video conferences, radio and TV interviews, promo videos, online content videos or online...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Mar 9, 20231 min read
Interpreting in a 3-person booth
I just returned from an interpreting assignment in Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, where - according to the locals - they are...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Feb 27, 20231 min read
Interpreting townhall meetings
With collective bargaining negotiations for the German public sector in full swing, town hall meetings are now being held with the...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 17, 20221 min read
A hub by interpreters for interpreters
Last Saturday, the DolTec interpreting hub celebrated its opening in The Science Park Gelsenkirchen. After a musical prelude, founding...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Jun 2, 20221 min read
The return of in-person events
In-person events are back! Clearly, you can tell that organisers, participants and interpreters alike are beyond excited to be back on...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Dec 6, 20211 min read
Red is the new black
At one of my last hybrid assignments I had the pleasure of using a simultaneous interpreting console equipped with a so-called gooseneck...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Interpreting via Webex
I had another assignment this week and worked from an interpreting hub via the Cisco WebEx video conferencing platform. Despite a complex...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 11, 20212 min read
Back in the hub
The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany is still rising. So as an alternative to in-person assignments for pandemic reasons, using an...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 8, 20211 min read
Windows shut, devices charged, headset on!
The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany has reached an unforeseen high, just in time for a usually productive autumn and winter season....
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Nadine Hegmanns
Oct 10, 20211 min read
The invisible booth
In video conferences you will rarely get to see us do our job in the virtual sphere, but at physical events interpreting booths are...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Sep 29, 20211 min read
Handmade
This year on International Translation Day I want to share some professional advice: When preparing for an interpreting assignment, I...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Sep 19, 20211 min read
Interpreting from a hub
Large in-person events are still under restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and with Covid-19 cases rising at the beginning of...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Aug 29, 20211 min read
A fresh start
And there it was: the first assignment at an in-person event since the pandemic started. I love those moments right before a conference...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Listen to my interpretation
When two of my favorite things - interpreting and dance - happen at the same time, it’s like my birthday, Christmas, and Easter all...
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Nadine Hegmanns
Jul 11, 20211 min read
Interpreting from a single booth
Have you ever wondered what has changed about interpreting workspaces in times of Covid-19? Well, for one, I worked a large part from...
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