Japan Interpreting Forum

[JIF2023] How Can Interpreters Respond to the Rise of the Machines?

Jonathan Downie Dr Jonathan Downie is a consultant church and conference interpreter and interpreting researcher. His second book "Interpreters vs Machines: Can interpreters survive in an AI-d...

[JITF2022] Parallels between Music and Interpretation Practice and Performance

Laura Burian Laura Burian is a Professor of Chinese/ English interpretation and Dean of the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education (GSTILE) at the Middlebury In...

[JITF2022] YOU GOT THIS!

Ewandro Magalhaes Ewandro Magalhaes is a writer, former United Nations staff and a conference interpreter. He is also a TED author, a professor and a former Chief Interpreter in the UN system....

[JITF2022] How Should Interpreters Defend Their Interests When Doing RSI

Tony Rosado For over 30 years, Tony has worked as conference interpreter for many highprofile events and clients, including the U.S. Department of State as an independent contractor; major rad...

[JITF2021] Consecutive Interpreting – Memory and Note-taking

Andrew Gillies Andy Gillies has been a freelance conference interpreter since 1996 and works from French, German and Polish into English at a number of International Institutions as well as fo...

[JITF2021] Note-taking Techniques: Why do I need those?

Debra Russell Debra is a Canadian certified interpreter, educator and researcher. As the previous David Peikoff Chair of Deaf Studies, at the University of Alberta, her research interests incl...

[JITF2021] Interpreting Services Price Quotes for the New Normal

Judy Jenner Judy Jenner is a Spanish and German business and legal translator and federally court-certified Spanish interpreter and conference interpreter in Las Vegas. She has an MBA in marke...

[JITF2021] Sound Choices for RSI – How To Create Your Ideal Audio Setup

Naomi Bowman Naomi Bowman is CEO of DS-Interpretation, Inc., a US-based conference interpreting services company that will be celebrating its 50th year in business in 2022. The company has bee...

[JITF2021] The Skills Of An Actor In Interpreting

Matthew Perret Matthew Perret has been writing and performing drama and comedy since childhood, first appearing in a one-man-show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe aged 19. He studied languages...