Troublesome Terps is a roundtable-style podcast covering topics from the interpreting space and the wider world of languages. The hosts - Jonathan Downie, Alexander Drechsel, Alexander Gansmeier, and Sarah Hickey - discuss them amongst themselves or with high-profile guests from the industry.
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35: Talking Business with Florian Faes of Slator.com
Sometimes it feels like language professionals forget that they are just that - professionals with a business "attached" to them. While being a wordsmith or having "a way with words" is perfectly fine, the economic elements must not be forgotten.
Enter Florian Faes, co-founder and managing director of slator.com, the language industries biggest (and only?) business focused one-stop-news-shop. The Troublesome Terps grill him on the origins of the website, business trends is seeing across the globe and why we should care in the first place.
Special Guest: Florian Faes.
Links:
- Article: Inside the Brain of a Simultaneous Interpreter, Literally
- Article: ‘Doctors Love Video Remote Interpreting,’ Says LanguageLine Owner
- Website - Slator.com
- Website - SlatorCon
- Slator Interpreting Article Database