Elf Sternberg

There's all sorts of neat niches for interpreters to fill, from translating consumer media to technical documents. I read an article in LA Times about translators a few months back, where they interviewed a few interpretors and translators.

There were a few interesting tidbits...ranging from what a UN interpreter does when they hear a joke that doesn't translate across cultures, to in-demand niche services, like translating old soviet nuclear technical documents into Iranian.