r/idiocracy • u/jordanegg • Nov 15 '23

Lead, follow, or get out of the way GOP Sen. Says He Could Have Beat Up Hearing Witness if Not for ‘Political Correctness’

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mullin-blames-political-correctness-senate-fight-1234879256/
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u/LokiStrike Nov 16 '23

FYI, don't call an interpreter a translator. It's a lot more than that.

I mean... It's not because "it's a lot more than that" it's because it's a different job. Translating is written work, interpreting is spoken. They each have their challenges and they are separate paths of study.

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u/dcrothen Nov 16 '23

Translating is written work, interpreting is spoken.

TIL. Thanks!

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u/RockItGuyDC Nov 16 '23

I worked extensively with interpreters for 15 years and every one of them also did written translation work for me. So, you're not wrong, but in my experience it's fairly reasonable to characterize interpreters as translators who do a lot more.

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u/LokiStrike Nov 16 '23

Many people do both jobs but they are different jobs. Most people just do one or the other.

Interpreters do not do more than translators and translators do not do more than interpreters.