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Adalbert MUTABAZI
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Португалија
Local time: 04:26
Член (2007)
англиски на португалски
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Other Nov 18, 2025

I am not an interpreter, but I suppose that when the content is emotionally charged being resilient must be a necessary skill…

P.S. Why is it that so many Quick Polls are misspelt?
 
Lingua 5B
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Босна и Херцеговина
Local time: 05:26
англиски на француски
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Training Nov 18, 2025

Interpreters are trained professionals or at least they are supposed to be…

Adalbert MUTABAZI
 
IrinaN (X)
IrinaN (X)
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 22:26
англиски на руски
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Today? Nov 18, 2025

How is it different from yesterday, tomorrow or last century for a professional interpreter??

Another utterly senseless question.

Denis Fesik
Daryo
Tom in London
 
Simon Turner
Simon Turner
Easy to say Nov 18, 2025

Lingua 5B wrote:
Interpreters are trained professionals or at least they are supposed to be…


That's easy to say, but learning to interpret and learning to deal emotionally with stories of physical abuse, rape, terminal illness and suchlike are two different things. There are people who have stories that, I assure you, you wouldn't want to hear. Certainly not when they are told through tears, ferocious anger or screaming hatred.

I'm not a professional interpreter but I did work for a therapy group and I can tell you it was not always that simple. An invaluable experience but not easy.

Maria Laura Curzi
Tom in London
Gerard Barry
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Обединето Кралство
Local time: 04:26
италијански на англиски
What? Nov 19, 2025

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