Video of the week: United Nations, A Day in the Life of Real Interpreters

2598

A Day in the Life of Real Interpreters” by director Sydney Pollack is an interesting look at the challenges of simultaneous interpretation, explained by Diana Liao, Chief of the Interpretation Service at the UN, and Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl, Chief of the French section of the Interpretation Service at the UN. Pollack discusses the intention of the scenes on which he comments, what he added after shooting and took out in editing and why: story, locations, and some technical challenges.

Nicole Kidman spent some time at the UN Interpretation Service before shooting the film The interpreter created by Sydney Pollack.