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[JIF2024] The Full Client Journey (and how to speak to them at each stage)

Julia Poger Julia Poger is a business, conference and diplomatic interpreter fluent in English, Russian and French. With over 30 years of experience working with governments, NGOs, corporation...

[JIF2024] Stress Management and Expert Performance

Chris Guichot de Fortis "Chris Guichot de Fortis, (A-EN, B-FR, C-ES) M.A. (Cantab); PDLS (Bath); BACI; AIIC, has had an eclectic career. He began as a professional tennis player, then became a...

[JIF2024] Retour Self-training for Japanese>English Interpreters: Useful Strategies and Exercises

Sophie Llewellyn Smith Sophie Llewellyn Smith is a conference interpreter and trainer specialising in retour training. Her training activities include webinars,  group classes for consecutive ...

[JIF2024] Machine Interpreting: Is it worth it?

Professor Robin Setton Robin Setton is a conference interpreter (AIIC 1983-2020, freelance and staff), researcher, trainer, translator and author of dual French and British nationality, workin...

[JIF2023] How Can Interpreters Respond to the Rise of the Machines?

Jonathan Downie Dr Jonathan Downie is a consultant church and conference interpreter and interpreting researcher. His second book "Interpreters vs Machines: Can interpreters survive in an AI-d...

[JIF2023] Between Composition and Translation

Photo: Tadayuki Minamoto Gregory Khezrnejat Author, literary researcher. Ph.D., Japanese literature (Doshisha University, 2017). Currently serving as associate professor at the Hosei University...

[Webinar] Solo Simultaneous Interpreting – Traditions, Research and New Challenges

Udo Jorg Udo Jorg, a German national, trained as a conference interpreter at the University of Vienna, Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and the University of Bradford. He carried out resear...

[JITF2022] Parallels between Music and Interpretation Practice and Performance

Laura Burian Laura Burian is a Professor of Chinese/ English interpretation and Dean of the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education (GSTILE) at the Middlebury In...

[JITF2022] The Balance Between Services and Remuneration for Professional Interpreters

Seth A. Reames After taking a year off from his U.S. college education at the age of 19 and learning professionally at a translation company in Japan, Seth Reames returned and obtained his und...

[JITF2022] YOU GOT THIS! 

Ewandro Magalhaes Ewandro Magalhaes is a writer, former United Nations staff and a conference interpreter. He is also a TED author, a professor and a former Chief Interpreter in the UN system....

[JITF2021] Exploring the Philosophy of Sign Language Interpreting in light of the Wishes of the Deaf and the Theory and Practice of Sign Language Interpreting

Norio Kawane My first step toward becoming a sign language interpreter was the 20-hour Sign Language Volunteer Training Course held for the first time in Chiba Prefecture in 1971 (the fiscal y...

[JITF2021] Entertainment Interpreters in the Field – To Promote Films More

Yoshiko Okura Mainly works as an English-Japanese interpreter in the entertainment industry for movies and TV dramas, as well as a translator of advertisements. After graduating from universit...

[JITF2021] Consecutive Interpreting – Memory and Note-taking

Andrew Gillies Andy Gillies has been a freelance conference interpreter since 1996 and works from French, German and Polish into English at a number of International Institutions as well as fo...

[JITF2021] Interpreting Services Price Quotes for the New Normal

Judy Jenner Judy Jenner is a Spanish and German business and legal translator and federally court-certified Spanish interpreter and conference interpreter in Las Vegas. She has an MBA in marke...

[JITF2021] Sound Choices for RSI – How To Create Your Ideal Audio Setup

Naomi Bowman Naomi Bowman is CEO of DS-Interpretation, Inc., a US-based conference interpreting services company that will be celebrating its 50th year in business in 2022. The company has bee...

[JITF2021] The Skills Of An Actor In Interpreting

Matthew Perret Matthew Perret has been writing and performing drama and comedy since childhood, first appearing in a one-man-show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe aged 19. He studied languages...

[JITF2020] Finding Your Place in the Premium Market

Chris Durban Chris Durban is a US-born freelance translator based in Paris, where she translates business texts from French into English for demanding clients. She translates every day and enj...

[JITF2020] Patent Translation: First Steps

Thomas Kaiser Born and raised in Australia, Tom studied computer science and Japanese at the Australian National University, and first worked as a software engineer in the Australian Public Se...

[JITF2020] The World of Poker English

Munehiko Matsuyama Probably Japan's one and only translator specializing in poker.  His main work is translation of poker textbooks, of which he has translated more than ten volumes.  Besides ...

[JITF2020] Introductory Voice and Articulation Training for Interpreters

Yuko Hirai She has been providing voice training courses for interpreters since three years ago.  Most of her students are interpreters in their twenties through seventies.  She gives lessons ...

[JITF2020] Art Translation: A Field of Creation That Starts with Asking “Is Interpreting Necessary?”

©︎Hajime Kato Kanoko Tamura Art translator (translator/interpreter).  She presides over the "Art Translators Collective," an activity group of translators and interpreters specializing in art, ...

[JITF2020] Learning about English Expressions and the World of Spirituality from the Bible – Live!

Tokuhiro Chinen Simultaneous conference interpreter and translator.  President of Logos Agency G.K., owner of Cafe Lighthouse, evangelist and pastor.  Graduated from Rutger's University in New...

[JITF2020] The Significance of Translation Agencies from the Perspective of Translators

Sagiri Yamakawa An English to Japanese and Japanese to English translator with 15 years of experience.  After leaving her studies in the Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, she became a freelanc...

[JITF2020] On Translation of Korean Literature

Ayako Furukawa Korean-Japanese translator.  Part-time lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies.  After working as an in-house interpreter/translator at a Japanese branch of a Kore...

[JITF2020] The Post-COVID-19 Investment Environment – What Are Investors Concerned about Now?

Katsura Nakayama Freelance financial translator.  Graduated from the Department of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University.  Joined Merrill Lynch Japan Secu...

[JITF2020] The New Coronavirus Crisis and Financial Translation

Tatsuya Suzuki Financial Translator.  After graduating from university, worked for Nomura Securities, etc., and became independent in 2002.  Currently, mainly deals with English to Japanese tr...

[JITF2020] American Comic Translation Class

Shiori Miyo One of the few translators of American comics in Japan.  She has been translating American comics since college days, having been involved in translating more than 100 volumes by t...

[JITF2020] Interpretation/Translation/Language — Using “Word Order” as a Clue

Sakino Takahashi Patent translator, academic translator, critic, etc.  Track record of 36 years as a J to E and E to J translator.  Often gives talks on "Japanese reading and writing skill...

[JITF2020] Introduction to Yoga for Interpreters

Chiemi Nakai Translator and interpreter.  Graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters, Waseda University.  After working at a manufacturer as a general worker and ...

[JITF2020] How to Make a Living as an Interpreter/Translator: Searching for Hints from Practical Examples in Multiple Languages

Maki Nakano German/English-Japanese translator.  After graduating from the German language department of the Foreign Language Faculty of Dokkyo University, worked as a company employee bef...