One of the things currently on everyone's mind is obviously how the pandemic has changed the working lives of #interpreters. In my view, many of these changes are here to stay, even beyond the pandemic...
During my curation this week, I would like to discuss the Future of Interpreting, both in relation to conference and community interpreting. How has the market around you changed since you started working on it or otherwise engaging with it?
I have seen a gradual change (the rise of #ELF, #AI and #MachineTranslation among other things) over the past 12 years that has led me to develop other professional activities and interests alongside interpreting. I know many colleagues who have done the same.
I will also be tweeting about #Training, especially community interpreter training. It always strikes me how motivated, engaged and committed trainees are - despite what I can only describe (in Switzerland, of all places...) as very precarious working conditions.
It all adds up to a rather tall order: how do we simultaneously advocate for better working conditions for community interpreters and adapt to the pressures the profession is facing... I obviously don't have an answer to squaring this particular circle...
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