http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/the-differences-between-translators-and-interpreters/ Translation Industry, Tips for Translators, Languages, Latinos, Global Markets Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:59:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/the-differences-between-translators-and-interpreters/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Margaret Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:48:49 +0000 http://transpanish.biz/translation_blog/the-differences-between-translators-and-interpreters/#comment-1256 I have always been amazed at that very special skill that interpreters have. They seem to be able to split their brains in a way that allows them to listen and process in one language on one side and speak coherently in another language on the other side. As a translator, I love to paw through my dictionaries and mull over this turn of phrase or that, and then go back and polish and edit. I know interpreters, on the other hand, who love the fast pace of the challenge and being able to get in, do the job, and get out... Two very different approaches to turning one language into another! I have always been amazed at that very special skill that interpreters have. They seem to be able to split their brains in a way that allows them to listen and process in one language on one side and speak coherently in another language on the other side.
As a translator, I love to paw through my dictionaries and mull over this turn of phrase or that, and then go back and polish and edit. I know interpreters, on the other hand, who love the fast pace of the challenge and being able to get in, do the job, and get out… Two very different approaches to turning one language into another!

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