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Ready for prime time? (Movie "The Interpreter")
Thread poster: Susana Galilea
Susana Galilea
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Aug 2, 2004

...starring Nicole Kidman in the interpreting booth

http://www.iht.com/articles/532115.html


[Edited at 2004-08-20 15:51]
 
Sormane Gomes
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Thanks. Aug 3, 2004

Thanks, Susana. I can't wait to see it.


Sormane
 
IrinaGM
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Me too Aug 3, 2004

I can't wait to see it too. Althought I've never interpreted in UN booth, I have however interpreted a special UN tour (arranged for information specialists) given by a local staff member.
 
Atenea Acevedo (X)
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¡Gracias! Aug 3, 2004

Thanks, Susana, will this be the one time that Hollywood doesn't disappoint me? Certainly hope so!

Cheers,
Atenea
 
Margarita Palatnik (X)
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intrigue at the UN Aug 8, 2004

My only experience interpreting inside the UN building was as an escort interpreter for a crooked Argentine lawyer who came looking for bribes from U.S. contractors who were bidding in an infrastracture project. He claimed to be THE lawyer for the political party in power at the time, but people at the meetings seemed to have some doubts about this representation...

So I went from interpreting his speech about the "hermandad de los pueblos latinoamericanos" to telling some businessm... See more
My only experience interpreting inside the UN building was as an escort interpreter for a crooked Argentine lawyer who came looking for bribes from U.S. contractors who were bidding in an infrastracture project. He claimed to be THE lawyer for the political party in power at the time, but people at the meetings seemed to have some doubts about this representation...

So I went from interpreting his speech about the "hermandad de los pueblos latinoamericanos" to telling some businessmen that for $50k the unions would not strike if their company won the bid... all quite eye-opening ▲ Collapse
 
Susana Galilea
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I wouldn't get my hopes too high... Aug 13, 2004

Atenea Acevedo wrote:
will this be the one time that Hollywood doesn't disappoint me? Certainly hope so!



...I just saw a still photo of the movie, with Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman kissing with abandon during working hours...now how many times a day does that happen to a regular interpreter...I mean getting to kiss Sean Penn

[Edited at 2004-08-13 01:47]
 
Atenea Acevedo (X)
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Ditto! Aug 30, 2004

Susana Galilea wrote:

Atenea Acevedo wrote:
will this be the one time that Hollywood doesn't disappoint me? Certainly hope so!



...I just saw a still photo of the movie, with Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman kissing with abandon during working hours...now how many times a day does that happen to a regular interpreter...I mean getting to kiss Sean Penn

[Edited at 2004-08-13 01:47]


I just want to say "gra...pcias" for this one (remember Manolito handing out Almacén Don Manolo's ugly calendars to his friends?)... I'm not sure it's good or bad news!

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