A Day in the Life of a High-Level Interpreter, with Maria-Letiția Chiculiță

Here's the recording from 𝗔 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛-𝗟𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥 talk and Q&A session, all about a typical day with veteran interpreter and the Voice of Romania, Maria-Letiția Chiculiță. Use the 🔎 TOPICS GUIDE below to navigate to the best bits! (Timestamps are linked to each topic) In her second appearance in our series 𝙇𝙊𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙕𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉, 𝙀𝙓𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙀𝘿, Maria gave us fascinating stories from within the interpreter's booth, how she felt the calling to become an interpreter, and a few celebrities she'd interpreted for including Michael Bolton and one of Greece's Eurovision stars. In the talk, Maria covered a lot of behind-the-scenes, in-depth details of what it's like in the high adrenaline, sometimes glamorous, sometimes grueling life as a simultaneous and consecutive interpreter. There were a lot of great quotes and tips you'll want to hear again, so enjoy the video! 🔎 TOPICS GUIDE: 00:22 Childhood calling to become an interpreter 03:01 Finding first assignments 05:40 You don’t learn to be an interpreter from books! 07:12 Real life situations (types of interpreting) 09:40 Travels as an interpreter (in the travel era) 10:57 How do you prepare for a conference 14:14 Interpreting is about rendering a message 20:19 Consecutive vs. simultaneous interpretation 24:17 Why is consecutive the most difficult of the two? 27:23 Being the only interpreter in the Trump/Hillary debate 28:57 Speed and vocal dynamics are important 32:02 What’s in the future for interpretation? Q&A – Questions from the audience 37:53 What technology do you use for remote interpretation? 39:37 It’s your task to make speakers sound good 41:03 Are you tempted to mix in your own attitude? 42:08 How do you handle stress before an assignment? 44:16 Is just being “bilingual” good enough to be an interpreter? 46:27 Have you ever frozen up or has your booth partner? 48:40 How to do hand-offs in simultaneous interpreting 52:47 Let’s put Maria’s career into a Netflix original series!