page_title: Language interpretation
section_title: Whispered
hierarchical_section_title: Language interpretation / Modes / Whispered
caption_attribution_description: English: Johannes Nyholm (right) presenting 'Koko-di Koko-da' at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2019. Next to him, the interpreter doing simultaneous translation into Spanish. Photograph by Federico Gatto, 2019.
context_page_description: Interpreting is a translational activity in which one produces a first and final translation on the basis of a one-time exposure to an expression in a source language.
  The most common two modes of interpreting are simultaneous interpreting, which is done at the time of the exposure to the source language, and consecutive interpreting, which is done at breaks to this exposure.
  Interpreting is an ancient human activity which predates the invention of writing. However, the origins of the profession of interpreting date back to less than a century ago.
context_section_description: Since time immemorial, whispered interpretation has been used, known in the trade by the French term chuchotage. To avoid disturbing the original speaker and those present listening to the original speaker, the interpreter's voice is kept at a low volume. To do this, the interpreter and the person requiring interpretation must sit or stand in close proximity to one another. No actual whispering is involved as this is difficult to decipher as well as being too much of a strain on the voice: the interpreter uses normal 'voiced' speech at a low volume. Only one or at the most two people in need of interpretation can be accommodated, unless portable electronic equipment is used.
  This form of interpretation puts a strain on the interpreter who has to sit for long periods leaning towards the person in need of interpretation.
caption: Interpreter (left) next to Swedish filmmaker Johannes Nyholm at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2019.
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