Why Remote Interpreting Will Replace On-Site Interpreting

COVID-19 has changed our world. A few short weeks ago, none of us could have foreseen such a dramatic change in the patterns of communication between people as has happened due to the recent quarantine restrictions in force throughout the world.

If you are in a business which uses or provides face-to-face interpreting services, or an interpreter who works mainly on-site, you know that social contact and physical movement restrictions introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19 make the traditional interpreting practices unworkable.

You have probably seen a dramatic fall in your business. That is if you have not yet embraced the truly limitless possibilities of remote interpreting – a different way of providing and using interpreting services.

What is Remote Interpreting?

Remote interpreting is a way of providing interpreting services when all or some of the parties (interpreters, speakers, audience) are not located in the same physical location. Remote interpreting can take place over the phone, by video link, via online conferencing facilities or through specialised online remote interpreting platforms.

Remote interpreting options can help your business to stay afloat and even grow in these challenging times. And what is even better, the benefits of moving to remote interpreting services will remain compelling long after the current pandemic. We believe that remote interpreting is the future for interpreting.

The Benefits of Remote Interpreting

• It saves money; there are no travel and accommodation costs, no expensive equipment, no conference room to book. Remote interpreting can save up to 50% of the expenses in comparison to on-site interpreting!
• It saves time: you do not have to travel anywhere; your interpreting experience happens while you sit comfortably at your desk.
• It can be instantaneous: while any event that involves traditional interpreting requires long and detailed planning, remote interpreting platforms offer instant access to qualified interpreters. This is particularly important when dealing with urgent cases, for example, with emergency services and situations.
• It gives clients access to a pool of highly qualified professional interpreters, and it offers interpreters access to great jobs. Both parties can indeed pick the best of the best, wherever they are in the world.
• In many cases, no specific software is required. For highly sophisticated multi-language simultaneous projects, reasonably priced easy-to-use applications are readily available.
• And, last but definitely not least, moving to remote interpreting helps reduce your businesses carbon footprint. Well worth doing it just for the sake of this point alone!

So Why do We Think Remote Interpreting is Here to Stay? 

Well, it just makes sense. It is easy to use and to deliver; it saves time and money; the relevant technology is widely available. We are in general perfectly comfortable with communicating online, rather than face-to-face. And we can help the planet.

These few weeks of severe restrictions on traditional ways of interpreting force us to look at new ways of working, and to embrace something that we used to consider only as a ‘nice to have’.

And once we’ve got used to the benefits of remote interpreting, we believe businesses will not give them up that easily, quarantine or no quarantine. It will become the new norm.

Register for a FREE Webinar on Transitioning to Remote Interpreting

To learn more about how remote interpreting can help you and your business, please register for our FREE Webinar ‘Transition to Remote Interpreting – Easily’ on April 7th, 12 pm – 1 pm GMT. We will show you how you can start getting your business back on track by moving from face-to-face interpreting practices to the truly limitless opportunities of remote interpreting where we believe the future growth of the interpreting business lies.

Learn more about the webinar and register HERE

About TRANSLIT

TRANSLIT’s mission is to remove language barriers to help the world communicate with one another. TRANSLIT vision is to live in a world where everyone can understand each other and have easy access to language services.

For over 10 years TRANSLIT - Complete Language Solutions has been providing professional translation, interpreting and localisation services in 100+ languages, translating over 20 million words, and delivered an excess of 30,000 interpreting hours.

Founded in 2009, the company operates from three office locations in Cork, Limerick and Dublin (Ireland). ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 17100:2015 certified language services are available to businesses and individuals alike. Through co-operation with a growing network of over 1,000 national and international translators and interpreters, TRANSLIT delivers high-quality, fast, and cost-effective services.

Visit www.translit.ie for more information

Interpreting Management Platform

In late 2019, TRANSLIT launched the Interpreting Management Platform with the goal of bringing the language community together, encouraging collaboration, transparency and the sharing of resources for the benefit of all involved. The platform helps LSPs and  Language Supports Organisations to reduce time and the operating cost of managing projects and their team of interpreters; and to connect clients in need of interpreting services with suppliers.