Style Plus; Mouth-to-Ear Interpretation; Machine Translation Is on the Horizon

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 24, 1989| Author: Nancy L. Ross | Copyright information

On his trip to Asia this week, President Bush is accompanied by seven interpreters, including one Japanese and two Chinese speakers, for his talks with world leaders. Others will be supplied on site as required.

Simultaneous translation is an exacting task. "I could hire 10 brain surgeons for every qualified interpreter I can find," remarks Henry Obst, who has interpreted for five presidents. As director of the State Department's office of language services, he overseas 61 staff an...

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