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The agony and the extasy of interpreting

Maybe you wanted to be a fireman when you were young. Or a doctor. Or a supermodel. But who would have dreamed about becoming an interpreter? When I was young, the profession had such a low profile that I didn’t even know it existed. Then, when I was about fifteen a book in my parents’…

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Can anybody be an interpreter?

A couple of months ago I had a high-level interpreting assignment. Everything went smoothly and the head of delegation told me he was very happy with my services. Nothing really special about that, just another day in the life of an interpreter. A couple of days ago they contacted me again, because there will be…