Afaf Steiert
Afaf Steiert is president and founder of Afaf Translations, where she works as a conference Arabic interpreter and oversees all translation services. In 2023, she was listed as one of the top 30 women in the language industry by MultiLingual magazine.
Don’t Panic: Responding to the Language Industry’s AI Tsunami
While AI represents a major structural shift, it will not bring about the end of language work. By drawing comparisons with previous situations, the authors posit that AI is simply the latest challenge in an evolving industry.
Stress and Trauma in the Field of Behavioral Health Interpreting
More than ever, psychological therapy is a necessity in the 21st century. Between COVID-19, artificial intelligence (AI), and war, people are scattered around the world as immigrants and refugees, worried about their similarly stressed families back home. Despite the rapid development of translation studies over the last 20 years, the psychology of translation is still underdeveloped as a scholarly discipline. As a consequence, there are no proper psychology courses for future specialists that might provide insight into translators’ and interpreters’ professional activity and aid them in performing their jobs.
Solutions in educational interpreting
Traditionally, educational interpreting has engaged interpreters who recently completed their training. The field is often used as an entry point for an interpreting career. In recent years, some US states have set the bar higher for educational multilingual and sign language interpreters, who must have licensure and specific credentials like the Educational Interpreters Performance Assessment. Various states have also gone as far as establishing their own testing to ensure interpreters have a minimal skill set to adequately provide services within their communities.