I made a substack. Every month, I will look at a big concept behind commercial interpreting and multilingual church.
Free subscribers get the article on the concept. Paid subscribers get two extra articles a month: one on the specific application to interpreting and the other on the application to multilingual church.
Here's the first one, looking at why communication isn't simple, using badly drawn stick people.
Ever wondered what it is like to help produce a multilingual Christmas service? Here's a special episode of The Church Interpreting Podcast with an answer: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-18-christmas-special/id1657859531?i=1000639111455
Sometimes #ChurchInterpreting doesn't seem to work. Want to know why?
It all boils down to one uncomfortable reality: interpreting is not a plug and play service.
https://www.integritylanguages.co.uk/2023/12/04/interpreting-isnt-enough-on-its-own/
#Preaching with an interpreter can be uncomfortable. How can preachers learn to work well with interpreters? Find out in this episode of The Church Interpreting Podcast.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Vjyq5veTz3jZvHQdV3VzN?si=197ba0b4edc746dc
#ChurchInterpreting #MultilingualChurch #MultiethnicChurch #theologadon
Listen to this episode from The Church Interpreting Podcast on Spotify. Some preachers might be scared to work with interpreters since it could feel like interpreters will steal the attention. We discuss some good responses to this and laugh about how we are still interpreters even after the service is finished. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode of The Church Interpreting Podcast was tough to edit, due to some background noise that got in. It was hard to record, due to the subjects of racism, grief, and their impact on church interpreting. But it is an episode I am inordinately proud of and one that I hope will make people think, encourage them, and provoke them to action.
On Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kRiWWBu4QTZMv7yrE1P7D
#1nt #podcasts #ChurchInterpreting #church #racism #grief #interpreting
Listen to this episode from The Church Interpreting Podcast on Spotify. [Trigger warning: Grief, mental health, racism] On this episode, Lauryn talks about interpreting through grief, Jonathan discusses reasons why interpreting might not work in a church, and we have a quick tip with questions for you to answer about interpreting.As always, for further information or to request personalised support with church interpreting, visit: churchinterpreting.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Had to take a break from editing the upcoming episode of the Church Interpreting podcast. It'll be the first episode ever with trigger warnings.
A gem from the most recent episode of The Church Interpreting Podcast.
Check out the full episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VMOJjE3ZjPgcm4UqkyYqy?si=9mnD8zDwQdmg8mGMADXaQA
Listen to this episode from The Church Interpreting Podcast on Spotify. On today's episode, Lauryn explains what we can do when the preacher doesn't make any sense, Jonathan explains why the strategy behind church interpreting matters more than the technology used to deliver it and the quick tip covers the importance to team work.To contact Jonathan, see his website: https://www.integritylanguages.co.uk/As ever, for more free resources, visit: https://churchinterpreting.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As a consultant interpreter, I find that most church people ask the same questions about #ChurchInterpreting. It just so happens that, for #interpreting to work in a church, they need to think through questions that no-one else can answer.
These are those questions.
https://www.integritylanguages.co.uk/2023/04/27/the-hard-bits-of-church-interpreting/
What people think is hard about #ChurchInterpreting:
- Setting up the tech,
- Remembering to send sermon notes, song lists and announcements in advance,
- Actually interpreting.
What is actually hard:
- Integrating interpreting into the vision and priorities of the church
- Building multicultural leadership
- Creating and maintaining good pastoral care for interpreters
- Quality evaluation in a useful, ethical way
- Actually interpreting.
Dr Jonathan Downie
