Consecutive interpreter teaching is a frequently debated question. One argument is that consecutive translation is

Many words which look like equivalents do not correspond each other. They have special connotations. For example, the word sheep has very negative connotations in the Russian language

Romans and Greeks learned the languages of the peoples they had conquered. At the time most of the interpreters were ...

For example: In Uzbekistan we use cotton in a figurative sense (U paxtaday yumshoq) but this would never be used figuratively in English because...

Consecutive interpreting was officially born during ...

Consecutive interpreting needs

Consecutive interpreting may be as “short consecutive interpreting” or “long consecutive interpretation”.

One of the most difficult problems in translating is found in differences between...

But in medieval periods, however, the interpreting profession was highly valued. Interpreters were

The speeches to be interpreted may take long as ...

The great discoveries and the expansions into Africa were also other good days for the interpreting profession. What languages did interpreters employ the services of captured natives who were taught the conquerors’ languages?