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Ep. 74 - Interpreter Pet Peeves: Booth Etiquette Online and On-Site with Mercedes Amoretti
Mercedes Amoretti is back on Found in Interpretation, and this time it's personal: the habits that make a boothmate great, and the ones that drive us up the wall.Alain, Brian and Mercedes talk about how remote interpreting changed booth etiquette after COVID. They cover handovers on Zoom (mic off or "GO"?), why you should never cut off mid-sentence, the timer and gold-watch crowd, and why "you owe me a minute" has no place on a team. They also get into WhatsApp backchannels and the cognitive load of constant notifications, and how to schedule turns and share prep across a team of three.Then…
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