LangFM
A podcast about language and what people do with it: Conversations and stories with interpreters, translators, copywriters, and other fun professions and passions.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2019
40: Sergei Chernov
The name Chernov is one of the big names in the interpreting profession. Like Kaminker, Herbert, or Seleskovich. So it’s no surprise that when I sat down with Sergei Chernov, now the chief interprete…
Bonus: Sergei Chernov on the history of interpreting
As part of my interview with Sergei, we also took a deep dive into the lesser known history of simultaneous interpreting in Russia. In parallel to Filene and Finley, a certain Dr. Epstein and an engi…
39: The WISE Interpreting Workshops
José Sentamans and Joe Burbidge have been bringing interpreters together for peer-feedback practice since 2013. In August 2018, I sat down with them during a busy practice week in Brussels to talk ab…
38: Michael Erard Bonus Track
Hey, thanks for tuning into this LangFM bonus track. As I mentioned in the main episode with Michael Erard, he was kind enough to introduce me to several researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Ni…
37: Michael Erard
I visit writer Michael Erard during his residency at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands. We talk about the institute, his writing, the language of the dying and t…
36: Alexander Smith, protected by his innocence
This is LangFM, the podcast about language and what people do with it. My guest on this episode: fellow Alexander and former fellow conference interpreter at the European Commission: Alexander Smith.…
Sign of the times III - France
Introduction: [00:00:15] Bonjour. Vous écoutez LangFM, le podcast sur les langues et les gens; ce que les gens font avec les langues et ce que les langues font avec les gens. Cette épisode est la tro…
Sign of the times II - Deutschland
[Musik: "Love, love, peace, peace"]
Hallo, hier ist LangFM, der Podcast über Sprache und was man so alles damit anstellen kann. Ihr hört Folge 2 einer dreiteiligen Miniserie über das Gebärdensprachd…
Sign of the times I - The Story of the BSL (Scotland) Bill
It is September 17, 2015. We’re at Holyrood, home of the Scottish Parliament. Mark Griffin, a boyish Labour politician, takes the floor to present his bill to the vote:
Mark Griffin: The aim of my b…
38: Der Einfluss der Digitalisierung auf das Konferenzdolmetschen (Vortrag)
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Live at TC39: New Frontiers in Interpreting Technology
On 17 November 2017, Danielle D’Hayer, Anja Rütten, Joshua Goldsmith, Marcin Feder, Barry Olsen and yours truly organised a panel discussion at the 39th “Translating And The Computer” Conference …
35: Viva Las Vienna, mit Dagmar & Judy Jenner
Konferenzschaltung mit Dagmar Jenner in Wien und Judy Jenner in Las Vegas - Ich plaudere mit den beiden über ihre Familiengeschichte, ihre Arbeit und vieles mehr. Show notes & Transkript:...
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34: My Chat With Matt Baird, The Bolder Translator
Matt Baird is a US-born and Germany-based translator and copywriter with many interesting stories to tell. Matt also hosts the podcast of the American Translators Association. Tune in to find out…
33: Exploring Irish with Susan Folan
Let's start this episode of LangFM with a little song you may know.
[Music]
Still sound familiar?
The song is "Wake me up" by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, a big summer hit in 2013. The ve…
32: Brian Fox, A Life In Interpreting
This episode was special for me: I had the chance to sit down for a chat with Brian Fox. Just weeks after his retirement, Brian looks back at a long and rich career in SCIC, the interpreting service …
31: Paola Gentile and the status of interpreters
What do interpreters think about themselves and their profession? Do male and female interpreters have different opinions? And what do conference interpreters think about their public service pee…30: Voice, personality, vocal fry, as Rebecca Gausnell returns
Rebecca Gausnell is back! After a wonderful chat in episode 23 (embedded below), we chat about what she's been up to since working on Berlin Station. And we dive deep into standard and neutral ac…29: Unterwegs nach Neuseeland - mit Karoline Spießl
In dieser deutschsprachigen Folge von LangFM begleite ich meinen Gast, Karoline Spießl, auf ihrem Weg vom Studium in Deutschland nach Schottland bis auf die andere Seite des Planeten: Neuseeland,…28: EUsigns conference report
28 September 2016 is a special day. Hundreds of deaf people and dozens of sign language interpreters from all over Europe and even Japan gather in Brussels for a truly unique event: a conference …27: Katerina Strani
Katerina Strani was born in Thessaloniki, studied in Brussels and Moscow and now lives and works in Edinburgh. She translates and interprets from French and Russian into English and Greek. Oh, an…