Alexander Gansmeier

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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!

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?

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.

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.