What is the difference between consecutive and simultaneous interpretation services?
Simultaneous Interpreter: A simultaneous interpreter is a highly trained language professional skilled in listening to a speaker, understanding, editing, translating, and then reproducing the message in another language at the same time the speaker talks. He or she interprets simultaneously, conveying what the speaker is saying as the speaker continues to speak at a natural pace. Information about consecutive interpretation services Consecutive interpreter: A consecutive interpreter is a highly trained language professional skilled in listening to a speaker, understanding, editing, translating, and then reproducing the message in another language after the speaker finishes a thought. Consecutive interpretation takes longer than simultaneous interpretation because the interpreter speaks while the speaker has paused in order to allow him or her to do so. In other words, the interpreter takes turns with the speaker, as in a Q&A session. Information about simultaneous interpretation servic