Anna Kerod started her career as a biologist in St. Petersburg. Thirty years later, she's one of the UK's leading legal interpreters — specializing in commercial arbitration and litigation involving multi-billion dollar disputes. In between: 17 years on a massive oil and gas project in Kazakhstan, drilling rigs, minus-42 winters, and more acronyms than you can shake a stick at.In this episode, Alain and Brian talk with Anna about what it really takes to build a specialized interpretation career, what happens when a court case turns on the meaning of a single word, and why she believes the era of the generalist interpreter is over.In this episode:- How Anna went from biology to oil and gas interpretation in the 1990s- What it's like to interpret on a drilling rig in Kazakhstan — in full PPE- The transition from in-house to freelance and into commercial litigation- Being called as a witness for language-related matters in court- Why specialization is her top advice for interpreters facing AI- ISO certification, AIIC, ITI — what actually matters to clients- Common law vs. civil law and what that means for interpreters- How legal interpreters get paid — contracts, reading-in time, and cancellationsAnna Kerod is a simultaneous interpreter (Russian A, English B) with 20 years of experience. She is Vice Chair of the Institute of Translators and Interpreters (ITI) and a member of AIIC. She is based in Brighton, UK.Found in Interpretation is hosted by Alain Breton and Brian Bickford.📩 Contact us: found.in.interpretation.podcast@gmail.com

What really happened inside the booths at the Nuremberg Trials?

In this episode, we sit down with Elke Limberger-Katsumi, creator and curator of the exhibition "One Trial, Four Languages," to explore the pioneering interpreters who made simultaneous interpretation possible at Nuremberg in 1945 — and why their story still matters today.We discuss how interpreters were recruited and screened, the birth of simultaneous interpretation, the role of IBM, the yellow and red light system, and the emotional toll on interpreters working through some of history's darkest testimony.🔗 One Trial, Four Languages exhibition: www.1trial-4languages.org🔗 Association managing the project: www.profession-of-interpreting.org🔗 AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters): www.aiic.org🔗 AIIC on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aiic🔗 World of Interpreting (Conference Interpreting - Past, Present, Future): https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-of-interpreting🎙️ Found in Interpretation PodcastHosted by Alain Breton & Brian Bickford

What if the most powerful AI you have access to… is your own brain?In this episode of Found in Interpretation, we sit down for a third time with Joachim Lepine — interpreter trainer, author, and founder of Lion Academy — to talk about his upcoming book YouGPT Before ChatGPT, releasing in late March.Joachim makes a compelling case for something we've all stopped doing: thinking for ourselves before turning to a machine. In a world where ChatGPT has become the default first stop for ideas, writing, decisions and even business strategy, he argues that we've got the order completely backwards.We dig into:- Why going to ChatGPT first leads to cognitive atrophy- How Joachim wrote his book using AI without letting AI write it. - The difference between what machines do well and what only humans can do.- Why French speakers get a worse deal from AI (and why that won't change soon)- The environmental cost of AI that nobody talks about- Confidentiality risks you're probably not aware of