Interpreting services

Interpreting for negotiations (business meetings): the interpreter acts as an intermediary between counterparts speaking different languages, and translates every single phrase of the conversation. 

Simultaneous interpreting (conventions and conferences): the immediate translation, carried out by the interpreter from a booth designed for this purpose, is heard through headphones.

Consecutive interpreting (conventions and conferences): the translation is not immediate; the interpreter summarises the lecturer's speech for the audience every 5-10 minutes.

Background interpreting ("chuchotage"): one-to-one direct translation; the interpreter "whispers" the translation for one or two people at a time.