Displaying all 5 Episode of Troublesome Terps with the tag “technology”.
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51: Getting Wordly with Lakshman Rathnam
22 July 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins
machine-interpreting, technology
In our 51st episode, which harkens back to our very first episode ever, "Dictionaries on Legs", the Troublesome Terps are meeting Lakshman Rathnam, CEO of wordly to talk to him about all things "machine interpreting". From speech-to-text and back again, to robots taking over the interpreting space (or not?), come and join us on this interesting discussion - and witness the man who wrote the book on Machine Interpreting go "toe to toe" with Silicon Valley.
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45: Terp Tech Trouble with Josh Goldsmith
19 February 2020 | 1 hr 29 mins
technology
This episode is focussing on terp tech, why interpreters should care and how they can get proficient in using it. Josh Goldsmith - UN and EU accredited tech enthusiast (and longtime collaborator to one Alexander Drechsel) - is joining us to discuss these exact questions and talk about fascinating insights, from SimConsec on an iPad, to a new technology-focused Master's degree for interpreters and translators.
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18: UTIC Live Webinar - Machine Interpreting Revisited
20 January 2018 | 1 hr 6 mins
hosts-only, machine-interpreting, technology
Revisiting the subject of our very first episode, we will fulfil our brief to cover the topics that keep interpreters up at night. In this webinar, we tackle the controversial topic of Machine Interpreting. “Universal translation” apps, gizmos and gadgets from small startups and even heavyweights like Google have been mushrooming recently. Many people in our industry are wondering whether it is only a matter of time before interpreters made of flesh and blood will be replaced by machines. Jonathan and the two Alexanders confront the ghosts of interpreting past, present and future and give their two cents (or pence, plus VAT) on how technological progress will impact professional interpreters.
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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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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.