Improving formal register in a B language, part 3 (activation)

Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach.

Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing.

Before we get any further: this is episode 3 of 3 on this particular subject, so please listen to episodes 1 and 2, if you haven't done so already.

In this episode, I talk about activating formal vocabulary in your B language.

Here are some of the exercises I suggest:

• selecting 5 or 10 formal words (verbs, nouns, adjectives), researching them in a dictionary and collocations dictionary, and inventing example sentences to anchor them in your memory.
• preparing a speech of your own in your B language, and incorporating some of the formal words you've chosen.
• preparing a speech of your own in your B language incorporating formal features (for example, a speech at an inauguration or prize-giving ceremony).
• choosing a suitable text in your B language, such as a blog post, and rewriting it to make it more formal.
• choosing a suitable speech in your B language and doing a simultaneous reformulation exercise, making the speech more formal.

Let me know what you'd like me to talk about next!
 
Sophie (aka The Interpreting Coach)