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The Fluent ShowInside the Mind of a UN Interpreter and AI Expert: Meet Josh GoldsmithWelcome to episode 242, introducing a very special guest. I'm pretty excited for this interview with my friend Josh Goldsmith from techforword. Josh is a super impressive person: UN and EU interpreter, successful entrepreneur, and an all-round sunny soul.
In this episode, you'll learn about
Interpreting - what's it like and how do you get the good jobs?
Tech for Languages - why does it change the game for language learners...and what to remember if you're scared it'll be hard to use
Artificial intelligence! - will the robot butlers become our future language tutors?
But...2023-09-1150 min
The Fluent ShowBilingual Episode (German and English): Discovering ELF 🧝🏼 and EU Interpreting 🇪🇺 with Karin ReithoferAn Italian native speaker and a Portuguese native speaker walk into a bar.
They are speaking to each other.
Which language are they using? Is it English or ELF? What even is ELF?
In today's episode, my guest is EU intrepreter and ELF expert Karin Reithofer. We discuss
How Karin got into her career as a freelance interpreter working in 4 languages
My non-scientific (and apparently correct!) theory about the personalities of interpreters and translators
What ELF is and who speaks it
Who owns English and whose English is correct?
How Brexit has liberated the...2021-11-221h 06
Troublesome Terps57: The ELF on the ShelfJonathan and the Alexes kick off 2021 by talking about a topic we have covered before: English as a lingua franca. In light of the global political shifts, Brexit and changing global travel (or lack thereof), is English still the undisputed "Global Language"? And what even IS English?Links:Alex D’s online discussion with journalist Dave KeatingTT Episode: English as Lingua Franca w/ Karin ReithoferQuo Vadis English? The Post-Brexit Position of English as a Working Language of the EUEU languages: Statement on behalf of the European Commission Representation in IrelandIs English Still the ‘Lingua Franca’ of the In...2021-01-2049 min
Troublesome Terps37: English as Lingua Franca w/ Karin ReithoferEverybody can English - or: a story of ELFs and BSE!
English is generally recognized as the number one language around the world, both in the world of business as well as for general communication purposes. Naturally, this begs the question, what impact does it have on the interpreting space? What is the underlying research?
Two thirds of the Troublesome Terps talk about this exact topic to Vienna based researcher and EU-accredited freelance conference interpreter Karin Reithofer-Winter - an interesting discussion worth keeping on! So let us know how English spoken by non-native speakers has...2019-06-201h 13