{"id":2529,"date":"2016-04-08T07:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T07:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.switch2.it\/the-human-dimension-of-communication-interpreting\/"},"modified":"2020-02-13T08:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:38:37","slug":"the-human-dimension-of-communication-interpreting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switch2.it\/en\/the-human-dimension-of-communication-interpreting\/","title":{"rendered":"The human dimension of communication: Interpreting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was sitting in the waiting room of a hospital clinic in Rimini a few days ago, and I was so blessed I was having some spare time (free time for a mother of three? Are you kidding? Woah, such a miracle!) to spend on readings from translation and interpreting blogs.<\/p>\n

I was about to close Feedly and move on to some online shopping when this wonderful post by A word in your ear popped up and caught my attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This suddenly rang a bell in my head going like “Claude<\/strong>? Wait a minute, I know him!”<\/p>\n

Yes, I know Claude. I met him about 12 years ago in Forl\u00ec, when he came to visit the SSLMIT and we, as a group of students, had the chance to have lunch and a beautiful chat on interpreting with him.<\/p>\n

I will never forget what he told us about being a SCIC<\/strong><\/a> interpreter <\/strong>(which he also talks about in the interview), but also what he told us about learning languages: he was constantly learning new languages<\/strong>. This is why he used to carry a notebook with him and write down words in Italian – as he was learning Italian too. I was so impressed.<\/p>\n

As to the German language, he told us that learning German is like climbing up a high mountain: it’s very difficult to master the grammar, but once you’ve managed learning the grammar, you’re almost on top of the mountain.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, 12 years later I can say it’s true, although I don’t feel like I’m on top of the mountain yet, but rather halfway – yet climbing and climbing up higher every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know I\u2019ll never master German as a native speaker, but Claude gave me great hopes. He really is a good example of what I call “the human dimension of communication”: a passionate soul whose mission is to make communication between countries, people, individuals, possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes translation is considered as a non-human process (think about machine translation), or however a process where a human being is there, yet somehow behind the scenes, invisible.<\/p>\n

Being an interpreter means being the person making oral communication possible<\/strong>.\u00a0The interpreter is a third person involved in a two-side communication process and is usually visible<\/strong>, unlike the translator. This is why I love the definition “human dimension of communication”.<\/p>\n

And being the human dimension of communication is also what I consider my own mission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Have you ever thought about yourselves or interpreters\/translators as the human dimension of communication?<\/p>\n

I think this is pretty exciting, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

Whether you consider yourself as the human dimension of communication or not, I think you will enjoy this wonderful interview<\/strong> with Claude Durand, “a life dedicated to interpreting<\/a>”<\/p>\n

S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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