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Interpeting at the German Dance Award
This October, my fellow interpreting colleague Andrea Wilming from Proscenium and I had the great honour and pleasure of offering our...
Nadine Hegmanns
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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RSI still in demand
If you thought we would go back to living in a pre-COVID-like world, you were wrong. A few things have changed permanently, and people...
Nadine Hegmanns
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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From The Perspective Of The Moon
This September, we had the pleasure of interpreting at an international youth conference on Climate Justice organised by Kindernothilfe...
Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 17, 20231 min read
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Slow-down button
The slow-down button is a relic of old times, I find. It is said that, back in the day, when simultaneous interpreting equipment was...
Nadine Hegmanns
May 30, 20231 min read
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Know your ropes
Before every assignment interpreters will spend several hours to familiarise themselves with the topic and vocabulary. But what happens...
Nadine Hegmanns
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Voice-over services
You want to make recordings of events or video conferences, radio and TV interviews, promo videos, online content videos or online...
Nadine Hegmanns
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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Interpreting in a 3-person booth
I just returned from an interpreting assignment in Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, where - according to the locals - they are...
Nadine Hegmanns
Mar 9, 20231 min read
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Interpreting townhall meetings
With collective bargaining negotiations for the German public sector in full swing, town hall meetings are now being held with the...
Nadine Hegmanns
Feb 27, 20231 min read
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A hub by interpreters for interpreters
Last Saturday, the DolTec interpreting hub celebrated its opening in The Science Park Gelsenkirchen. After a musical prelude, founding...
Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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The return of in-person events
In-person events are back! Clearly, you can tell that organisers, participants and interpreters alike are beyond excited to be back on...
Nadine Hegmanns
Jun 3, 20221 min read
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Red is the new black
At one of my last hybrid assignments I had the pleasure of using a simultaneous interpreting console equipped with a so-called gooseneck...
Nadine Hegmanns
Dec 6, 20211 min read
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Interpreting via Webex
I had another assignment this week and worked from an interpreting hub via the Cisco WebEx video conferencing platform. Despite a complex...
Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 25, 20211 min read
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Back in the hub
The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany is still rising. So as an alternative to in-person assignments for pandemic reasons, using an...
Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 11, 20212 min read
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Windows shut, devices charged, headset on!
The number of Covid-19 cases in Germany has reached an unforeseen high, just in time for a usually productive autumn and winter season....
Nadine Hegmanns
Nov 8, 20211 min read
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The invisible booth
In video conferences you will rarely get to see us do our job in the virtual sphere, but at physical events interpreting booths are...
Nadine Hegmanns
Oct 11, 20211 min read
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Handmade
This year on International Translation Day I want to share some professional advice: When preparing for an interpreting assignment, I...
Nadine Hegmanns
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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Interpreting from a hub
Large in-person events are still under restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and with Covid-19 cases rising at the beginning of...
Nadine Hegmanns
Sep 20, 20211 min read
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A fresh start
And there it was: the first assignment at an in-person event since the pandemic started. I love those moments right before a conference...
Nadine Hegmanns
Aug 30, 20211 min read
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Listen to my interpretation
When two of my favorite things - interpreting and dance - happen at the same time, it’s like my birthday, Christmas, and Easter all...
Nadine Hegmanns
Aug 20, 20211 min read
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Interpreting from a single booth
Have you ever wondered what has changed about interpreting workspaces in times of Covid-19? Well, for one, I worked a large part from...
Nadine Hegmanns
Jul 12, 20211 min read
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