With this short guideline we want to give you a few practical tips regarding interpreting, so that you get a first class interpreter performance at the first time of asking.
Our interpreters are very good, but they will be even better if they receive detailed instructions and material from you in advance.

Compile a list of key data and your requirements for the interpreter team. This should roughly contain the following items: Date and place, exact times and duration of the event, subject area or topic (e.g. solar thermal energy, wind energy or public relations), language(s) and interpreting direction(s) (e.g. English - German - Spanish). Interpreters also need information on your target groups and the situation of their assignment. This includes, for example, the number of listeners, the level of confidentiality of negotiations and the nationality of the conference participants. Whether we are dealing with an expert audience or interested laymen also plays an important role in the interpreter's preparation.

It is also important to consider the scope of order and performance in advance. For example, do you need simultaneous interpreters with the appropriate booths, consecutive interpreters for business negotiations or escort interpreters for a trade fair tour? Are parallel press conferences or interviews envisaged? And besides the actual interpretation, is there also a requirement for translation of the conference documentation at a later date?

To ascertain the interpreter requirement it is crucial, at the preparatory stage, to envision exactly when a particular language will be spoken and when and into which language it should be interpreted. It is also essential to know which languages the listeners speak and understand, or whether there will be occasional question rounds, etc.