Meet the Translator

The Interpreter's Output with Sabrina Sbaccanti

February 15, 2021 Dot Roberts Season 1 Episode 4
Meet the Translator
The Interpreter's Output with Sabrina Sbaccanti
Show Notes

The Interpreter’s Output is the perfect episode for anyone interested in interpreting. Learn along with me as I chat to Sabrina Sbaccanti about her experience as a professional interpreter.

In this episode, we find out what interpreting is and what an interpreter’s life looks like. Sabrina shares the challenges that come with her job, as well as the rewards, and the changes that the pandemic has brought. Sabrina’s love for interpreting is clear throughout, from the way she talks about her favourite jobs, to the great advice she shares for budding interpreters. This topic received the most questions to date, so it’s a long episode, but it’s certainly one worth listening to.

You can find out more about Sabrina on her website, sabrinasbaccanti.com, and get in touch with her via Instagram or LinkedIn by searching ‘Sabrina Sbaccanti’.

These are the books that Sabrina recommends for new interpreters:

  • Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting (Translation Practices Explained) by Andrew Gillies
  • Conference Interpreting: A Student’s Practice Book by Andrew Gillies
  • Interpretazione simultanea e consecutiva by Caterina Falbo, Mariachiara Russo and Fancesco Straniero Sergio
  • Interpretazione di trattativa. La mediazione linguistico-culturale nel contesto formativo e professionale by Mariachiara Russo and Gabriele Mack

Thank you to Sabrina for joining me on this episode, to Pippa Williams for creating the jingles and to everyone who sent in questions and comments.

If you have any feedback or questions about a PhD in translation for the next episode with Silke Lührmann, please send an email to meetthetranslator@gmail.com.