Troublesome Terps

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Troublesome Terps

The podcast about things that keep interpreters up at night.

1 hour 5 minutes

70: Leaving Interpreting? [Recorded Twitter Space]

This is a recorded live audio conversation on Twitter Spaces. On 26 April, 2022, Alex D, Aleksander Szojda-Pallado and Urszula Rapacka explored if life after interpreting is possible. This job is often very personal. So what can we do after or in addition to interpreting? We believe we actually have a lot of skills beyond “just interpreting” that we can apply in various contexts.

29 April 2022, 12:00 pm
39 minutes 37 seconds

69: The Final One
In this last episode of the Troublesome Terps, we look back at six years of podcasting, great guests and topics, and generally lots of trouble. We also have a very open chat about mental health and depression.

In the future, we want to make the podcast available to our community. If you have a topic you would like to discuss with anyone, just let us know and we'll be happy to provide our platform to share it with the community!

Thank you for having been part of our journey and all your support and we are beyond excited for what's in store for the Troublesome Terps podcast!

Sarah, Alex D, Alex G and Jonathan
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12 April 2022, 3:00 pm
52 minutes

68: 2021 in Review

Even in the second year of the pandemic, the Troublesome Terps didn't show any signs of slowing down and started the year with an ELF on the shelf, took you to the UK and then on an actual trip around the world, talked about AI and interpreting, why interpreter networks are a thing, joined a book club (and wrote a little something ;-) ) and closed the year with the first ever language podcastival. Phew!

22 December 2021, 10:00 am
1 hour 51 minutes

67: The Translation & Interpreting Podcastival
Podcasts are everywhere, so what to listen to?
To help you along here, the Troublesome Terps reached out to some of our favorite language related podcast-superstars and invited them to join our first ever live #podcastival.
The goal was to celebrate the language industry at large in all its beautiful diversity with all its shades and wrinkles and shine a spotlight on these fabulous contributions - if we missed your favorite language podcast, do let us know and enjoy our #podcastival!
Special Guests: Ada Volkmer, Carrie Gillon, Cate Hamilton, Corinne McKay, Eve Lindemuth Bodeux, Florian Faes, Gretchen McCulloch, Lauren Gawne, Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo, Megan Figueroa, Michael Stevens, Michaela Haller, Tamara Muroiwa, Tucker Johnson, and Veronika Demichelis.
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25 November 2021, 10:00 am
1 hour 7 minutes

66: Book Club with Elisabet Tiselius & Michaela Albl-Mikasa
With Sarah and Alex G away on assignment, Jonathan and Alex D sit down with renowned interpreting scholars Elisabet Tiselius and Michaela Albl-Mikasa to discuss the Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting. The two guests take us behind the scenes of putting together a scientific publication, from A to Z.

Read, improve and comment on our transcript.
Special Guests: Elisabet Tiselius and Michaela Albl-Mikasa.
Links:
- The Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting — This volume is unique in its approach to the field of conference interpreting as it covers not only research and teaching practice but also practical issues of the profession on all continents. Bringing together over 70 researchers in the field from all over the world and with an introduction by the editors, this is essential reading for all researchers, trainers, students and professionals of conference interpreting.
- 10th EST Congress: Advancing Translation Studies
21 October 2021, 10:00 am
1 hour 2 minutes

65: Ebru Diriker, Are Interpreters Who They Say They Are?
Who we say we are and who we actually are, are not always necessarily the same thing. Even interpreters who think of themselves as completely invisible and impartial will sometimes be forced to make some tough calls. Joining the Troublesome Terps to talk about this, her research and much, much more is Ebru Diriker. Don't miss this episode to have some of your assumptions challenged!
Special Guest: Ebru Diriker.
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- Ebru Diriker - Excerpts on critical decision-making, hence 'agency', by conference interpreters
23 September 2021, 10:00 am
5 minutes 58 seconds

64: A quick summer update

All four (!) troublemakers check in briefly to wish you all a wonderful summer and provide a sneak peek at what the autumn/fall will bring.

12 August 2021, 1:00 pm
1 hour 6 minutes

63: Interpreters Assemble!
Interpreters seldom come alone - especially, if they are part of an interpreting network all their own! Join Alex and Alex as they interview three members of three very different networks to discover, what the pros and cons of being part of a network are, how you can start one yourself and what the different "models" are. A truly inspiring episode about solidarity, common interests and mutual support!
Special Guests: Louise Jarvis, Monika Ott, and Sybelle van Hal-Bock.
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21 July 2021, 9:00 am
1 hour 15 minutes

62: AI versus Interpreting - with Graham Turner and Henry Líu
With machine translation having become almost an everyday staple in the language industry, the discussion continues to shift towards artificial intelligence and how it may impact the future of interpreting and interpreter training. To discuss this topic from two perspectives, Henry Líu and Professor Graham Turner join the Troublesome Terps to tackle this crucial and controversial topic head on. Listen in and let us know what YOU think about our future and our possible co-existence with the C3POs of this world in the comments of on social media!
Special Guests: Graham Turner and Henry Liu.
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17 June 2021, 9:00 am
1 hour 23 minutes

61: Multilingual is Normal w/ Cate Hamilton
Joined by the lovely Cate Hamilton, Sarah and Alex G. go on to explore a fascinating world of language learning, Norwegian children's songs, baby scientists and why #MultilingualIsNormal. A brilliant episode for every language lover and interpreter or translator out there, who each surely have some linguistic anecdotes themselves!
Special Guest: Cate Hamilton.
Links:
- Interactive transcript of this episode
- Book: Multilingual is Normal: An Anthology of Voices, Talking About Talking
- International Day of Multilingualism
- Podcast: The Language Revolution
- Babel Babies
- Bullet Journal for Beginners Course by Cate Hamilton
- Do Babies Cry in Different Languages? — Research by Prof. Kathleen Wermke, as mentioned by Cate on the show
- More about the gumboot language
20 May 2021, 9:00 am
34 minutes 47 seconds

60: I Can Show You the World (of Interpreting)

Two Troublesome Terps embark on a trip around the world in (more or less) 60 minutes for our 60th episode!
From Australia to Germany, Egypt to Japan, from the USA to Vietnam and many more, we are taking you on a whirlwind tour across different interpreting markets with the help of some friends. A very special clip show style episode you won't want to miss!

29 April 2021, 10:00 am
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