s

1. Find about Simultaneous interpretation
I believe that simultaneous interpretation is one of the most challenging language
services to provide. The simultaneous interpreter has to be incredibly quick-thinking
and needs a superb command of the two languages with which they are working,
including any specialist jargon. As a result, simultaneous interpretation is one of the
most mentally taxing tasks I can imagine when it comes to working with language.
Simultaneous interpreting is a huge topic and there are some excellent books out
there if you’re really taken with the concept. For now, I’m going to give you a run-
down of what simultaneous interpretation is, how it works, why simultaneous
interpreters are used and what specialist equipment is involved.
Let’s start with a simultaneous interpretation definition.
What Is Simultaneous Interpretation?
Simultaneous interpretation requires live translation from the source language to the
target language. Unlike consecutive interpretation, where the speaker pauses every
sentence or two to allow the interpreter to translate, simultaneous interpretation
keeps pace with the speaker through active listening, analysis, and translation in real
time. We’ll look at some use cases below, including UN hearings, EU meetings, and
international conferences, among others.
This definition, for me, really encapsulates the huge challenge that simultaneous
interpreters face. They must deliver the speaker’s last sentence in another language
while also listening to the next sentence, so that they can be ready to interpret that
one as well. And the next, and the next. It’s a skill that I have plenty of admiration for;
it’s certainly not something that everyone can do.
Also sometimes referred to as simultaneous translators, simultaneous interpreters
have to be exceptionally good listeners. They need to hear, analyse and reproduce
the speaker’s words in another language, all in real time. Simultaneous translation

2. also requires a high degree of cultural awareness, so that the translated words can
be delivered in the right way.
When is Simultaneous Interpretation Applicable?
What is simultaneous interpreting used for? Organisations use it to enable people to
listen to a speaker in real time, despite the listeners not understanding the language
the speaker is using. The allows communication to flow across linguistic divides.