UTIC 2013. Interpreting in the digital era: How to prosper rather than survive in the new reality

The presentation was part of the Ukrainian Translation Industry Conference (UTIC2013): Interpreting is at a crossroads. Multilingual interaction is at an alltime high, yet interpreters are nervous about their future. New technologies and new ways of working are changing traditional definitions of what interpreting is and where it is performed. Will new technologies mean a dumbing down of the profession and an undermining of working conditions or will they empower interpreters to offer their