The name Chernov is one of the big names in the interpreting profession. Like Kaminker, Herbert, or Seleskovich. So it’s no surprise that when I sat down with Sergei Chernov, now the chief interpreter at the International Monetary Fund, he star

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Bonus: Sergei Chernov on the history of interpreting

Dec 19th, 2019 25m 52s

As part of my interview with Sergei, we also took a deep dive into the lesser known history of simultaneous interpreting in Russia. In parallel to Filene and Finley, a certain Dr. Epstein and an engineer called Goron developed their own sim sys

39: The WISE Interpreting Workshops

Aug 25th, 2019 18m 21s

José Sentamans and Joe Burbidge have been bringing interpreters together for peer-feedback practice since 2013. In August 2018, I sat down with them during a busy practice week in Brussels to talk about the past, present and future of the WISE

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38: Michael Erard Bonus Track

Mar 6th, 2019 31m 23s

Hey, thanks for tuning into this LangFM bonus track. As I mentioned in the main episode with Michael Erard, he was kind enough to introduce me to several researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen. But before we listen to what they hav

37: Michael Erard

Mar 4th, 2019 38m 53s

I visit writer Michael Erard during his residency at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands. We talk about the institute, his writing, the language of the dying and the expat experience.

36: Alexander Smith, protected by his innocence

Sep 26th, 2018 47m 40s

This is LangFM, the podcast about language and what people do with it. My guest on this episode: fellow Alexander and former fellow conference interpreter at the European Commission: Alexander Smith. (You'll even hear him sing, by the way!) In

Sign of the times III - France

Aug 23rd, 2018 30m 39s

Introduction: [00:00:15] Bonjour. Vous écoutez LangFM, le podcast sur les langues et les gens; ce que les gens font avec les langues et ce que les langues font avec les gens. Cette épisode est la troisième, et la dernière, dans une petite série

Sign of the times II - Deutschland

Apr 26th, 2018 27m 14s

[Musik: "Love, love, peace, peace"]Hallo, hier ist LangFM, der Podcast über Sprache und was man so alles damit anstellen kann. Ihr hört Folge 2 einer dreiteiligen Miniserie über das Gebärdensprachdolmetschen. Nachdem wir uns in der ersten Folg

Sign of the times I - The Story of the BSL (Scotland) Bill

Feb 20th, 2018 45m 39s

It is September 17, 2015. We’re at Holyrood, home of the Scottish Parliament. Mark Griffin, a boyish Labour politician, takes the floor to present his bill to the vote:Mark Griffin: The aim of my bill has been to encourage the use of BSL in Sc

Sign of the times I - Scotland

Feb 20th, 2018 45m 39s

The Story of the BSL (Scotland) BillThis episode is part of a mini-series on sign language interpreting, a topic I have become increasingly fascinated by in recent years. In the same time, sign language interpreting has moved more into p

38: Der Einfluss der Digitalisierung auf das Konferenzdolmetschen (Vortrag)

Jan 15th, 2018 49m 3s

Live at TC39: New Frontiers in Interpreting Technology

Nov 29th, 2017 1h 7m

On 17 November 2017, Danielle D’Hayer, Anja Rütten, Joshua Goldsmith, Marcin Feder, Barry Olsen and yours truly organised a panel discussion at the 39th “Translating And The Computer” Conference in London. We discussed many aspects of techn

35: Viva Las Vienna, mit Dagmar & Judy Jenner

Oct 17th, 2017 1h 1m

Konferenzschaltung mit Dagmar Jenner in Wien und Judy Jenner in Las Vegas - Ich plaudere mit den beiden über ihre Familiengeschichte, ihre Arbeit und vieles mehr. Show notes & Transkript:...LinksTwin TranslationsThe Entrepreneurial Lin

34: My Chat With Matt Baird, The Bolder Translator

Jul 25th, 2017 31m 36s

Matt Baird is a US-born and Germany-based translator and copywriter with many interesting stories to tell. Matt also hosts the podcast of the American Translators Association. Tune in to find out how Matt got interested in learning German,

33: Exploring Irish with Susan Folan

May 3rd, 2017 20m 54s

Let's start this episode of LangFM with a little song you may know.[Music]Still sound familiar?The song is "Wake me up" by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, a big summer hit in 2013. The version we hear now, however, is by Seo Linn, an I

32: Brian Fox, A Life In Interpreting

Apr 5th, 2017 45m 53s

This episode was special for me: I had the chance to sit down for a chat with Brian Fox. Just weeks after his retirement, Brian looks back at a long and rich career in SCIC, the interpreting service of the European Commission, both as an in

31: Paola Gentile and the status of interpreters

Feb 22nd, 2017 18m 35s

What do interpreters think about themselves and their profession? Do male and female interpreters have different opinions? And what do conference interpreters think about their public service peers? Italian interpreter and researcher Paola

30: Voice, personality, vocal fry, as Rebecca Gausnell returns

Dec 8th, 2016 22m 24s

Rebecca Gausnell is back! After a wonderful chat in episode 23 (embedded below), we chat about what she's been up to since working on Berlin Station. And we dive deep into standard and neutral accents and debunk the "vocal fry" myth. Listen

29: Unterwegs nach Neuseeland - mit Karoline Spießl

Nov 14th, 2016 19m 52s

In dieser deutschsprachigen Folge von LangFM begleite ich meinen Gast, Karoline Spießl, auf ihrem Weg vom Studium in Deutschland nach Schottland bis auf die andere Seite des Planeten: Neuseeland, wo Karoline heute als freiberufliche Überset

28: EUsigns conference report

Oct 6th, 2016 15m 12s

28 September 2016 is a special day. Hundreds of deaf people and dozens of sign language interpreters from all over Europe and even Japan gather in Brussels for a truly unique event: a conference on "Multilingualism and equal rights in the E

27: Katerina Strani

Sep 28th, 2016 22m 29s

Katerina Strani was born in Thessaloniki, studied in Brussels and Moscow and now lives and works in Edinburgh. She translates and interprets from French and Russian into English and Greek. Oh, and not only does she hold a PhD on Communicati

26: Knowledge People, Language People - With Jochen Hummel

Sep 8th, 2016 41m 44s

Meet Jochen Hummel, one of the founders of Trados. Even if you're not familiar with his name, you have almost certainly heard of the piece of software that he helped create and that many translators rely upon each and every day to get their

25: Around the world with Eugenia Durante, translator and music writer

Aug 24th, 2016 20m 54s

My guest is Eugenia Durante, a translator and writer from Italy. We talk about how she got into languages, writing for Rolling Stone magazine, her career and her travels, most notably to the South By Southwest festival 2016.Show notes can

24: Interpreters' Help

May 18th, 2016 20m 14s

I had the chance to sit down with Benoît and Yann, the two developers, for a nice conversation, which I've edited down to this episode. Learn more about how Interpreters' Help came about (there's even a cameo!), how it can help you and what

23: Rebecca Gausnell

May 3rd, 2016 46m 28s

A conversation with accent and dialect coach Rebecca Gausnell about voice, language, her work in film and TV, and much more!Show notes: www.adrechsel.de/langfm/rebeccaA conversation with accent and dialect coach Rebecca Gausnell about voi