{"id":871,"date":"2019-06-25T10:19:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T09:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/?p=871"},"modified":"2020-10-28T18:00:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:00:46","slug":"behind-the-screen-maria-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/?p=871&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Behind the screen: Maria Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this issue: Maria Wolf, Managing Director, Interpreter and Translator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the most difficult words to translate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>In French, they talk<\/em> <em>about <\/em>\u201crelations sociales\u201d<em> in business contexts to refer to industrial relations and the triangular relationship between employer, employee and trade unions. Sometimes it\u2019s more about a mood or feeling, but on other occasions they\u2019re talking quite squarely about processes. An accurate rendering in German gets clunky, which can be particularly jarring in PowerPoint presentations \u2013 and there\u2019s always some aspect missing, or the translation doesn\u2019t quite convey what it\u2019s supposed to.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is your preferred workspace like?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>As a conference interpreter, I like a soundproof, well-ventilated interpreter\u2019s booth where I can see the screen and the speaker, and all the tech works as it should<\/em>. <em>If the conferences happen to be taking place somewhere interesting and the people I get to work with are nice, then I\u2019m happy. When it comes to my translation assignments and the other jobs I have as a managing director, I prefer to work from my office at home. This way I can give all my tasks my full concentration, dividing them up depending on how I\u2019m feeling that day, and I don\u2019t disturb anyone if I\u2019m talking on the phone or need to move around. I like a clean and tidy working environment with plants around me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you like most about your job?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I love the fact that I work with people who generate content for people and the feeling that I\u2019m providing a service that people value \u2013 or at least that I\u2019m making their life easier. Noble intentions aside, I just find my job so much fun: working with such diverse subject matter from all aspects of life, getting to grips with corporate visions and companies\u2019 everyday business, interacting with creative people, and always striving to understand one person\u2019s thoughts and feelings and convey these in another\u2019s words and language \u2013 all in the name of understanding and communication.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dogs or cats?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I\u2019d say I\u2019m more of a dog person, but we\u2019ve never had any pets so maybe I just have romanticised notions about Lassie or Buck, the dog in t<\/em><em>he Call of the Wild<\/em><em> by Jack London<\/em><em>. <\/em><em>Those dogs did a stellar job of protecting their owners. Plus they never needed to go for walkies<\/em><em> at the crack of dawn or in the pouring rain and they certainly didn\u2019t leave any piles of doggy do behind them. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audiobook or paperback?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I prefer to read my books myself, but they tend to be e-books because I travel a lot and often have more than one book on the go at a time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tea or coffee?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Once upon a time I drank the perfect cup of coffee; I\u2019ve been pouring cup after cup of disappointing brown brew down my throat ever since. Seldom has my longing for that original tantalizing taste been satisfied, but that doesn\u2019t stop me from trying. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago \u2013 has it been that long already? \u2013 we ran a series of short interviews with the people at the heart of Klein Wolf Peters. 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