Laura Esther Wolfson: Articles on Interpretation

Articles on Interpretation (1998 - 2004)

Miss Interpreter Speaks

Breeder Blanket Bingo: The Problem That Dare Not Speak Its Name
On Meaning, Meaninglessness, and Emptiness
How to Get Better Reception: from Hors d'oeuvres to Chef d'oeuvres

No Beach Vacation, but Better than Two Weeks in the Gulag
A Tangled Tale of Three Languages
Executive Secrets: Breaking the Language Barrier
Bicultural Care and Feeding
The Subject Was Trains
An Interpreted Life: Excerpts on Language and Work
The Interpreter Interpreted/Psychoanalyzed or Why Interpreting May Make You Crazy and What To Do About It

These articles by Laura Esther Wolfson originally appeared in The ATA Chronicle (official publication of the American Translators Association), SlavFile (the quarterly publication of the Slavic Languages Division of the American Translators Association), and Hemispheres Magazine (the inflight magazine of United Airlines). They are republished here with the permission of the author.
© 1996-2004 Laura Esther Wolfson. All rights reserved. No reproduction is permitted without the author's written consent.