Personal growth is important. In our monthly interpreter meetings, Bridging the Gap Interpreting and our interpreters have been exploring vital principles for encouraging us grow and learn. For this month’s newsletter, we wanted to review – in brief – the topics we’ve covered so far, for the benefit of our readers. In the first week of […]
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Teachability is the pathway of learning: it means possessing the intention, attitude, and behaviors to keep learning throughout life. These traits don’t always come easily. Like any kind of personal improvement, we need to cultivate our capacity to learn and grow.
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Hello everyone! Bridging the Gap Interpreting is excited to introduce our monthly newsletter, The Archway, to provide you with information, inspiration, and to share stories from around the interpreting and translation world. Have a look at this month’s items! Learning Together with Nabil: Improvement When improvement is needed, most people choose “up.” That is to
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Tracking information is vital for interpreters, particularly when interpreting consecutively. In this recent article by Athena Matilsky at the NAJIT Observer discusses how to get the most from your note taking during interpreting sessions, but I’m particularly struck by her emphasis on “less is more” when it comes to note taking. Essentially, the goal when taking notes
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