French Interpreter

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Choosing Your French Interpreter

Do not make the mistake of assuming a good translator is automatically a good interpreter. The two skills are entirely different. While a document translator works in relative isolation and has recourse to dictionaries and text books at his leisure, a French interpreter must satisfy other criteria.

There are three different ways in which your French Interpreter can work to suit particular situations.

French Business/Liaison Interpreter

A business interpreter will interpret into French more or less sentence by sentence, allowing a smooth interchange between those on both sides. The interpreter will maintain a conversational flow into and out of French allowing questions, answers and clarifications to be made in both directions at any time. This method of working by the interpreter is ideal for business meetings, where both parties need to be satisfied they have been able to raise issues and had them addressed.

Consecutive Interpreter

Here the interpreter will take notes in French while the speaker is speaking. Only after the speaker has finished will the interpreter deliver the speech in French. A consecutive interpreter is employed mostly to interpret speeches or spontaneous talks which cannot be interrupted.

Simultaneous Interpreter

The interpreter will deliver their French interpretation at the same time the speaker is speaking, never more than a few words behind. Because two people are speaking at once, simultaneous interpreters are used mostly in large scale venues such as conference centres or government buildings which have special facilities including booths and headphone systems. On a smaller, impromptu scale, a simultaneous interpreter can work by “whispering”.

French Interpreter Requirements

Your French interpreter should be polite, efficient and unobtrusive. You are the person delivering the speech and making the decisions. Your interpreter needs to be entirely self-effacing, and all but invisible to your French colleagues.