Tag: VKD
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Professional ethics – do they need future-proofing? On the art of telling things apart
Intro Discussions about professional ethics in conference interpreting have lately struck me as rather unsatisfactory. Can we impose our European fees on colleagues from different continents when working remotely? Can I do two assignments in one day? Can I just switch on my Computer-Aided Interpreting tools in the booth and have AI listen to the…
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Recap of VKD’s round table discussion on artificial intelligence
As promised, here comes the English version of my article published in the German conference interpreters’ association (VKD im BDÜ e.V.) bulletin “VKD-Kurier“ in December 2023 Quo Vadis yet again? On 17 October 2023, VKD hosted a virtual round table discussion on AI. I was invited to give a keynote speech – a dubious honour…