When providing Consecutive Interpreting service, I sit or stand beside you as you are giving your speech. After each complete thought or speech section (usually, between 2 and 5 minutes), you pause and I interpret the speech segment into the foreign language. I use a special note-taking technique to recall all information precisely and to be able to reproduce nonverbal and paraverbal information (body language, irony, humor, emphasis, etc.) I take my notes on a tablet to guarantee high levels of terminological accuracy and professionalism.

Consecutive interpreting is especially recommended for events where:

• Most audience members need interpretation,
• There is some kind of speech, or a question-and-answer format,
• The speech that must be interpreted is relatively short, such as a keynote or inaugural speech,
• There is a high degree of interactivity among the participants, such as in workshops.

Consecutive Interpreting is not recommended for:

• Multi-day or long events, as speech times may double,
• Only a small number of audience members require interpretation, in which case Simultaneous or Whispered Interpreting may be a better option.

Consecutive Interpreting is often used during interviews, press conferences, workshops, short presentations and speeches, such as inaugural and keynote speeches.

During Dialogue Interpreting (also called Liaison Interpreting), I sit or stand between you and the foreign-language counterpart and interpret your messages alternatively from one language into the other.

Dialogue Interpreting is recommended for all settings in which two parties speaking two different languages need to engage in a conversation.

Dialogue Interpreting is not recommended for settings involving:

• Long speeches or presentations
• More than two languages,
• The need for the real-time delivery of the interpreted message.

In the cases mentioned above, Dialogue Interpreting may be combined with other interpreting modes to fulfil the setting-specific requirements.

Dialogue Interpreting is often used during business negotiations, delegation visits, job interviews and in community settings (hospitals, courts etc).

Simultaneous Interpreting (SI) involves the rental of special equipment, including a sound-proof booth and receivers. To provide this service, I sit in the booth at the back of the conference room and speak to your audience through a headset, translating your speech at the same time as you are speaking. SI takes high levels of concentration. Therefore, at least two interpreters sit in the booth and take turns in interpreting (usually switching after 30 minutes).

Simultaneous Interpreting is particularly recommended for:

• Highly official and technical events requiring highest levels of accuracy, sound quality and professionalism,
• Large-scale events, such as international conferences,
• Lenghty and multi-day events, especially when a large number of presentations must be interpreted,
• Events involving more than two languages.

Contrarily to Consecutive Interpreting, Simultaneous Interpreting does not affect the event schedule, nor is it as heavily perceived by the audience.

Simultaneous Interpreting is not recommended for:

• Events with low budgets because of the costs of equipment rental,
• Venues with spatial limitations, which could be better served by Remote Interpreting,
• Events involving high levels of interaction among the participants, such as workshops, which may require Consecutive Interpreting or a combination of CI and SI.

Simultaneous Interpreting is commonly used during large-scale conferences, round tables, and educational or training events in a lecture format.

In Remote Interpreting, I provide the service online from a room different than the event venue. I provide this service through specialised platforms or at Remote-Interpreting hubs to ensure transmission stability and sound quality.

Remote Interpreting is recommended in the following circumstances:

• Online events or meetings,
• As an alternative to Simultaneous Interpreting, when the event venue presents spatial restrictions or the availability of on-site interpreters is limited.

Remote Interpreting may incur technical failure and is, therefore, not recommended unless both the interpreter and the client can ensure a fast and stable internet connection.

Remote Interpreting is often used in webconferences, webinars, events for which on-site interpreters are not available, venues with spatial restrictions.

When providing Whispered Interpreting service (also called Chuchotage), I sit close to the listeners (maximum two) and whisper the interpretation in real time either directly into their ears or through wireless transmitters.

Whispered Interpreting is recommended in the following circumstances:

• Only few listeners (maximum 2) need real-time interpretation,
• The presentations or speeches that must be interpreted are short and the whole duration of interpreted speech does not exceed 3 hours,
• In combination with Consecutive Interpreting in events such as question-and-answer sessions where the interviewee does not speak the language of the audience.

Whispered Interpreting is not recommended in the following circumstances:

• The event is lengthy and several speeches require interpretation,
• The event is official and demands high levels of precision and sound quality, in which case Simultaneous Interpreting may be a better option.

Whispered Interpreting is frequently used in settings such as delegation and industry visits, question-and-answer sessions and interviews. It is often combined with Consecutive and Dialogue Interpreting.