Why Your Interpreter Tech is the Winter Coat of Your Career
When I lived in Algeria, my internet used to cut off every two seconds. Literally. I would be mid-sentence, and suddenly everything froze. No matter how many backups I tried to set up, each one had its own special way of failing me. I started choosing boothmates who were almost too supportive of my terrible setup because I needed people who would stay calm every time I magically disappeared from the meeting or my voice started lagging. And it is not like I could not afford re
Nourhane Atmani
Dec 8, 20254 min read
How I Use ChatGPT as My AI Prep Partner
To the sworn enemies of AI, bear with me, you will love this. I, being one of AI's sworn enemies for any human production, find the use of ChatGPT for event preparation to be quite useful, and in many cases, a lifesaver. As it actually helps me, the human, perform and maximise my ability to render a pristine interpretation. How might one use AI, an intelligent machine, to help a human perform a human task? The process can be quite "lengthy" and requires a lot of redundancy,
Nourhane Atmani
Nov 10, 20253 min read
Google Meet Interpreting, Yes it is ‘Free’... and You Get Exactly What You Pay For
This weekend, I finally got the chance to try out Google Meet's simultaneous interpreting feature in an online assignment. I’d heard it was launched but hadn’t yet tested it myself, so I was genuinely excited to see it in action. Until I wasn’t. Interpretation features across platforms (like Zoom and Webex) typically have one key strength in common: practicality. Google, however, seemed to overlook this entirely when designing their feature. As an interpreter, there’s alread
Nourhane Atmani
Oct 29, 20243 min read
