TED-Ed: How Simultaneous Interpretation Works

My viral TED-Ed Lesson: How Interpreters Juggle Two Languages at Once In 1956, during a diplomatic reception in Moscow, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev told western bloc ambassadors – “Мы вас похороним!” His interpreter rendered that into English as “we will bury you!” This statement sent shockwaves through the western world, heightening the tension between the Soviet […]