Tag: conference interpreter
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Meet Truedee, my ChatGPT based preparation assistant
So ChatGPT now lets you create your own custom ChatGPT using OpenAI’s no-code platform GPT builder … about time, I thought, to give it a try and create my own chatty conference preparation assistant, TrueDee. It/she/he is available at this link, so feel free to get acquainted. We are not exactly soulmates yet, as TrueDee…
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Videos on fee calculation for conference interpreters | Videos sobre como calcular honorarios para intérpretes de conferencias
My tutorials on how to use the Time&money calculator, an Excel spreadsheet developed by AIIC Germany’s former profitability working group, finally have English and Spanish subtitles! Comments and questions welcome 🙂 Video on calculating working hours and fees for conference interpreters | Video sobre como calcular horas de trabajo y honorarios para intérpretes de conferencias…
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Booth-friendly terminology management: Glossarmanager.de
Believe it or not, only a few weeks ago I came across just another booth-friendly terminology management program (or rather it was kindly brought to my attention by a student when I talked about the subject at Heidelberg University). It has been around since 2008 and completely escaped my attention. So I am all the…
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The Future of Interpreting & Translating – Professional Precariat or Digital Elite?
Interpreters being paid by the minute (or hour) nowadays does not seem as inconceivable as it used to be. Technically speaking, small worktime and payment units have become easier to handle, thus more probable to be applied. The question arises if working and being paid on a micro or macro level, as the two extremes,…
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In the booth or in the hen house – experts all around | Dolmetschkabine oder Hühnerstall – Expertentum, wohin man schaut | Entre expertos: ya sea en el gallinero o en la cabina de interpretación
+++ for English see below +++ para español, aun más abajo +++ Wie inspirierend der Bau eines Hühnerhäuschens sein kann, erschließt sich eventuell nicht auf den ersten Blick. Wer im Laufe der letzten Monate die Kabine mit mir teilen und meine Hühnerfotos bewundern musste, fragt sich aber vielleicht schon seit Längerem, wann die Hennen denn…
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Verträge auf dem Smartphone oder Tablet unterschreiben +++ Signing contracts on your smartphone or tablet
+++ For English see below +++ Man kennt es ja: Gerade liegt man unter Palmen, da schneit per Mail der Vertrag für den nächsten Auftrag hinein und will sofort unterschrieben zurückgeschickt werden. Und nun? Zur Rezeption laufen, Vertrag ausdrucken lassen (supervertraulich) und unterschrieben zurückfaxen? Natürlich nicht. Denn zu meiner übergroßen Freude habe ich in meinem…