Translate 4 Africa fights language barriers across the African cities and the world at large therefore the need for professional interpreting services has grown. Interpreting services play an important role in many areas such as conferences and meetings, courts of law, medical fields, media, schools and in the sign language field.
About Windhoek
This is the capital of Namibia and is located geographically in the middle of the country with a population of about half a million people. Created in 1840 by Jonker Afrkaner but was destroyed by battles after and was rebuilt by the Germans in the 1890s. Windhoek is a dry place but with a mixture of ethnicities. It is also very ideal for Safaris with the the Daan Viljoen Game Park which doesn’t have very dangerous animals meaning visitors can enjoy wildlife on foot. Languages here include;
High Quality Interpreting Services in Windhoek
We offer high quality interpreting services into and from all languages spoken and used in the city of Windhoek as well as other major cities in other parts of Africa too. Translate 4 Africa’s Interpreting Services are characterized by accuracy, professionalism and confidentiality for purposes of effective communication. Other cities with our Interpreting Services include; Cairo, Mogadishu, Abuja, Lagos, Kinshasa, Brazzaville, Nairobi, Kampala to mention a few
Basic types of interpreting in Windhoek include;
Chuchotage interpretation; Here an interpreter interprets to only one or two people as the main speaker does his thing, the interpreter does his thing at the same time as the main speaker making it prone to misinterpretations and miscommunication.
Simultaneous interpreting; The interpreter is placed in a sound proof room where he speaks in to devices that enable the audience targeted to understand. The audience is usually fitted with hearing aids that they alone and maybe other only get to hear the voice of the interpreter. Here the interpreter interprets the moment the speaker finishes a sentence. This is very useful for world summits and large conferences that involve people of the same goal and initiative but who speak and understand different languages; French, Sotho, Swahili, Afrikaans, Portuguese etc.
Consecutive interpreting; Where the interpreter is close to the speaker and interprets every after a few words or sentences. This is very suitable for smaller gatherings or meetings like birthdays or small conferences. Sometimes this is because there are not so may languages involved here. In fact it is possible that the entire audience understand one of the two languages used. This kind of translation is very common at religious gatherings. The problem here is that the main speaker has to always wait and give time to the interpreter to get done with interpreting what the former said before thus consuming almost double the time.
Liaison interpretation; Interpreting directly as the conversation or dialogue goes on. It is meant to create and maintain a certain level of mutual understanding and is usually used for very small gatherings that involve a conversation like aspect. Problem here is that it is very easy for the interpreter to overshadow the main speaker. At the end of the day, an interpreter is a very important link in the communication process and should therefore be a professional one. This is to ensure accuracy when delivering the message to the audience in the form intended by the source of that very message.
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