
The Problem with Multipliers
#simultaneousinterpreting #cognitiveload #sums In my 25+ years of interpreting, numbers have been my worst enemy. I brace myself for impact every time I see a sum looming ahead in SI. I'm sure other interpreters more or less have the same problem. In my language combination, I have yet to see an interpreter come out unscathed after being bombarded with rapid fire quantities. Part of the reason why it's so difficult to interpret sums in the English-Thai language pair is be