サイトラ・ワークショップ

本日はお知らせです。
10月中旬にスカイプを通じてサイトラのワークショップを計画しております。
勉強会方式でニューズウィークの記事をサイトラしていくという単純作業ですが、サイトラがなかなかうまくできない人や、一人だとなかなかサイトラできないという人たちと一緒に私を含む通訳者数人がお手伝いをしながら英文を読み込んでいきたいと思います。対象者は通訳学校でいうと入門、基礎クラス程度の方で、スカイプを使って会話ができる環境をお持ちの方。
予定は10月中旬の平日夜か週末の午前中です。少人数制でやりたいと思っていますので興味があるかたは[e-mail]までご連絡下さい。

midlife crisis

It’s been hectic for the past few weeks. We had a couple of visitors from the U.K and the U.S and suddenly I became so popular and was called to this meeting and that meeting. It is good to be busy and it feels nice to be needed. But there is one thing I started to realize about myself. I think I am really, officially in the “middle-aged” bracket. Firstly, I realized that I get tired so easily. Before, I quite often had to do interpreting for the whole day by myself. (Even though you are not supposed to do so, sometimes you have no choice but do it when you are working as an in-house interpreter) Now I get exhausted just for 2 hours. Secondly, there are many young, energetic and enthusiastic interpreters everywhere. I attended training sessions with a partner who is in her late 20s and I was overwhelmed by her energy. She reminds me of my old self. When I started to work as an in-house interpreter several years ago, I was young, passionate and wanted to learn and absorb everything. Now, I am just amazed at her eagerness. What is this? Am I getting old? Well…it seems like my retention is not as good as what it was before. My performance may be getting dull. I know I am no longer a "freshman interpreter", however, I am not an “experienced interpreter”, either. Then, where do I stand? How should I see myself? Where am I going?