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Interpreters understand the threat “no voice, no job.” How do hearing loss and acoustic shock affect the profession?

9 February 2020

Hearing Loss and Acoustic Shock Public

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This year, the ninth Nordic Translation Industry Forum (NTIF) was hosted in Gothenburg, Sweden, from November 24 to 26. Over 170 attendees from more than 26 countries traveled to the largest non-capital city in the Nordics to exchange ideas and engage in lively debate and friendly competition. Nimdzi Insights was among the mingling crowd too.

11 December 2019

Nordic Translation Industry Forum 2019 – Nimdzi Conference Report Public

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From November 6-8, LocWorld returned to Silicon Valley for the sixth time since the conference series first launched in 2003. Given the theme of the 2019 conferences — Go global, be global! — the location was particularly apt.

1 December 2019

LocWorld 41 in Silicon Valley – Nimdzi Conference Report Public

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The interpreting market is a diverse and complex sector within the language industry. There are different modes — consecutive, simultaneous, and whispered interpreting — and different modalities, i.e. onsite, over-the-phone (OPI), and video-remote interpreting (VRI). There are different types of interpreting, like medical, legal, community, and conference interpreting and all of them come with their own requirements.

26 November 2019

Interpreting Across the Globe: No One Size Fits AllPublic

Full Report Interpreting Language services industry

The Paris Peace Conference in 1919 was a historic moment in many ways. The Treaty of Versailles marked the official end of World War I and if that wasn’t enough, it also established the League of Nations (later the United Nations) and the International Labour Office (ILO).

23 October 2019

100 Years of Conference Interpreting – Nimdzi Conference Report Public

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This is the first Nimdzi Interpreting Index. There has not been a ranking of the top players in interpreting in years and it is a great time to take a closer look at this sector of the language industry because interpreting is becoming more significant and scalable.

3 September 2019

The Nimdzi Interpreting Index Public

Featured market research Interpreting Language services industry Market Research

It is estimated that a language dies every two weeks. This means that every two weeks, we lose a part of human history and culture, and a unique view of the world. Languages dying is nothing new, but the rate at which they’re dying is becoming ever more alarming. What’s even more troubling is that […]

11 August 2019

The Year of Indigenous Languages Public

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You’re going to a conference. You’ve spent months preparing your speech and you’re ready to deliver your well-crafted message to your audience. There’s only one problem — half the audience doesn’t speak your language. Thankfully, there are interpreters at the event. But how do you ensure they convey the message the way you intended it? […]

28 July 2019

How to Get the Most out of Your Interpreter Public

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It is said that interpreting is the second oldest profession in the world. There are records of interpreters alongside pharaohs, kings, and conquerors. They even appear in the Bible and in Greek mythology. Despite its historical tradition, conference interpreting only became professionalized around the time of World War I. In these early days of the […]

16 June 2019

The Feminization of conference interpreting Public

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Vicarious trauma happens when we internalize someone else’s trauma and experience it as if it were our own. It mimics the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even though the actual trauma happened to someone else. Vicarious Trauma in InterpretersPractical Implications of an Overlooked Issue Introduction Vicarious trauma happens when we internalize someone else’s trauma […]

28 May 2019

Vicarious Trauma in InterpretersExclusive for Nimdzi Partners

Executive Summary Interpreting Language services industry