I’m in the business of getting people talking. To one another. About your product or brand. Or about how they can reach an international audience. My books "Being a successful interpreter: Adding value and delivering excellence" and "Interpreters vs Machines: Can Interpreters Survive in an AI-Dominated World?" are available online and in good book shops.
Jonathan Downie has hosted 60 Episodes.
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69: The Final One
12 April 2022 | 39 mins 37 secs
hosts-only
In this last episode of the Troublesome Terps, we look back at six years of podcasting, great guests and topics, and generally lots of trouble. We also have a very open chat about mental health and depression.
In the future, we want to make the podcast available to our community. If you have a topic you would like to discuss with anyone, just let us know and we'll be happy to provide our platform to share it with the community!
Thank you for having been part of our journey and all your support and we are beyond excited for what's in store for the Troublesome Terps podcast!
Sarah, Alex D, Alex G and Jonathan
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68: 2021 in Review
22 December 2021 | 52 mins
hosts-only, year-in-review
Even in the second year of the pandemic, the Troublesome Terps didn't show any signs of slowing down and started the year with an ELF on the shelf, took you to the UK and then on an actual trip around the world, talked about AI and interpreting, why interpreter networks are a thing, joined a book club (and wrote a little something ;-) ) and closed the year with the first ever language podcastival. Phew!
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67: The Translation & Interpreting Podcastival
25 November 2021 | 1 hr 51 mins
live
Podcasts are everywhere, so what to listen to? To help you along here, the Troublesome Terps reached out to some of our favorite language related podcast-superstars and invited them to join our first ever live #podcastival. The goal was to celebrate the language industry at large in all its beautiful diversity with all its shades and wrinkles and shine a spotlight on these fabulous contributions - if we missed your favorite language podcast, do let us know and enjoy our #podcastival!
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66: Book Club with Elisabet Tiselius & Michaela Albl-Mikasa
21 October 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
research
With Sarah and Alex G away on assignment, Jonathan and Alex D sit down with renowned interpreting scholars Elisabet Tiselius and Michaela Albl-Mikasa to discuss the Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting. The two guests take us behind the scenes of putting together a scientific publication, from A to Z.
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65: Ebru Diriker, Are Interpreters Who They Say They Are?
23 September 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
Who we say we are and who we actually are, are not always necessarily the same thing. Even interpreters who think of themselves as completely invisible and impartial will sometimes be forced to make some tough calls. Joining the Troublesome Terps to talk about this, her research and much, much more is Ebru Diriker. Don't miss this episode to have some of your assumptions challenged!
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64: A quick summer update
12 August 2021 | 5 mins 58 secs
All four (!) troublemakers check in briefly to wish you all a wonderful summer and provide a sneak peek at what the autumn/fall will bring.
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59: How do Interpreters Think?
19 March 2021 | 58 mins 50 secs
research
The age old question, that has eluded our partners for centuries. Jonathan and Alex G. sit down with Kilian Seeber to find answers. Maybe.
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58: The UK Special
18 February 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
In this episode, the Troublesome Terps welcome Kirsty Heimerl-Moggan and Paul Appleyard to discuss the challenges faced in the UK language market - current, previous and upcoming. From Brexit and linguist supply and demand, to Covid and RSI, to how the PSI sector and professional bodies such as the ITI have responded to the changing environment, this episode is full of information, surprises and a bit of cheek!
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57: The ELF on the Shelf
20 January 2021 | 49 mins 51 secs
hosts-only
Jonathan and the Alexes kick off 2021 by talking about a topic we have covered before: English as a lingua franca. In light of the global political shifts, Brexit and changing global travel (or lack thereof), is English still the undisputed "Global Language"? And what even IS English?
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56: 2020 in Review and our first Annual Awards
18 December 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
hosts-only, year-in-review
After a most definitely troublesome 2020 for the entire world, we thought we put a different spin on our annual Year In Review show and turn it into a celebration of the most favorite episodes and guest hosts, all as voted by you, the fans! And the award goes to...???
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55: New Ways of Working w/ Elena Davitti
3 December 2020 | 56 mins 56 secs
business, respeaking
This episode's topic seems to be of a particular relevance right now at a time, when interpreters around the world are diversifying more than ever. Elena Davitti joins the Troublesome Terps and details her research on interlingual respeaking, how there is now the option to shape a whole new language serivice and why and how interpreters and language professionals at large can get started in this new field.
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54: Interpreting in Conflict Zones w/ Antonio Posada
6 November 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
You think you've had a nerve-wracking assignment? Think again and listen in as our guest Antonio Posada talks us through some select experience from his time working in proper conflict zones in and around Colombia. From meetings with guerilla fighters, to going on relief missions in warn torn villages and literally being under fire on the job, you won't believe your ears.