
Alexander Gansmeier
Co-Host of Troublesome Terps
Conference Interpreter, M.A. - German & English - Straight from Munich, Bavaria's Global Capital.
Alexander Gansmeier has hosted 30 Episodes.
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Episode 16: The Social Media Muppet
22 September 2017 | 59 mins 33 secs
social media
The three troublemakers have invited interpreting student Hugo Menendez to discuss social media and how interpreters should or should not use it.
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Episode 15: Remote interpreting with a cat on your lap
22 August 2017 | 1 hr 22 secs
interpretation, interpreting, remote, technology
The three troublemakers discuss the ins and outs of the different kinds of remote interpreting, sharing their own on-the-job experience along the way.
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Episode 14: Roberta Barroca delivers the golden package (2)
11 May 2017 | 25 mins 37 secs
booth manners, boothmate, client, customer, interpreting
[Part 2 of 2] Jonathan and the two Alexanders are joined by Brazilien interpreter Roberta Barroca to chat about her wonderful LinkedIn articles.
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Episode 13: Roberta Barroca delivers the golden package (1)
28 April 2017 | 30 mins 20 secs
booth manners, boothmate, client, customer, interpreting
[Part 1 of 2] Jonathan and the two Alexanders are joined by Brazilien interpreter Roberta Barroca to chat about her wonderful LinkedIn articles.
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Episode 12: Trumpslation with Franz Kubaczyk
19 April 2017 | 38 mins 41 secs
interpreting, media, news, trump
With Jonathan away on assignment, the two Alexanders sit down with fellow German interpreter Franz Kubaczyk to talk all things Trump and interpreting.
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Episode 11: Gender In Interpreting (Part 2)
8 March 2017 | 29 mins 1 sec
gender, interpreting
Camille and the three gentlemen continue their discussion of gender issues in interpreting with a deep dive into Camille's research on the topic.
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Episode 10: Gender In Interpreting (Part 1)
16 February 2017 | 30 mins
gender, interpreting, language, research
The three gentlemen have invited Camille Collard, an interpreter and researcher at Ghent University, to join them for a conversation about gender issues in interpreting. Is our profession female-dominated? Do men and women work differently? Listen in and find out.
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Episode 9: A Christmas Extravaganza
15 December 2016 | 32 mins 12 secs
Jonathan and the two Alexanders come together for a final 2016 episode and look back at their first troublesome year in podcasting. Listen in as we revisit and rethink the topics we've covered this year and get a sneek peak at what's coming in 2017! Also featured: mulled wine, IKEA furniture and the Pound-Euro exchange rate.
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Episode 8: All about conferences
24 October 2016 | 43 mins 7 secs
Jonathan and the two Alexanders discuss conferences - the ones they did or did not attend, why interpreters should attend them, the difference between and "academic" and "practical" ones and much more.
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Episode 7: The outside world doesn't owe us anything
22 August 2016 | 46 mins 17 secs
interpreting, language, ted
We welcome a very special guest: Ewandro Magalhaes. Ewandro tells us how he made his super-successful TED-Ed video "How interpreters juggle two languages at once".
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Episode 6: Oh, behave! Booth Manners
9 June 2016 | 53 mins 48 secs
booth, interpreter, interpreting, language, manners
The three troublemakers dive into the pitfalls of booth manners and interpreter etiquette, sharing a few stories along the way. Listen in!
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Episode 5: Remote Interpreting
6 May 2016 | 56 mins 10 secs
Jonathan and the two Alexanders are joined by tech-savvy interpreter Barry Olsen to take a deep dive into remote interpreting. What is it, what is it not? How will it change our work?
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Episode 2: Stress and Burnout
2 March 2016 | 52 mins 20 secs
burnout, interpreter, interpreting, language, stress
In the second instalment of our podcast, we talk about stress and burnout among interpreters.
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Episode 1: Dictionaries On Legs
13 February 2016 | 28 mins 57 secs
babelfish, interpreting, language, technology
Welcome to the first and inaugural episode of Troublesome Terps, a roundtable podcast of interpreters who take issue with anything and everything and who are not afraid to go figuratively and boldly where no interpreter has gone before. I am joined by Jonathan Downie and Alexander Gansmeier. Our topic in this episode: machine interpreting.