Working interpreters
Those already doing consecutive work who want to move into the booth.
TRIS · School
Simultaneous interpreting course
Simultaneous interpreting is not "translating very fast". It is a separate skill: listening and speaking at the same time, lagging just far enough to grasp the thought, and holding it while the speaker has already moved on.
Who it is for
Who the course suits
Translators
The language is there; what is missing is the technique of working aloud in real time.
Those who have tried
Tried the booth and stopped at split attention, the most common point where people give up.
Content
What we teach
Split attention
The core exercise: listening to the next sentence while speaking the previous one. Without it the other techniques do not work.
Lag and pace
How far to stay behind the speaker to understand, and how to recover when the pace rises.
Working in pairs
Switching every 20–30 minutes, prompting your partner, numbers and names on paper, conduct in the booth.
Subject preparation
How to gather the terminology of an event in a day or two, learn names and titles, and read a programme so it works for you.
Unexpected situations
The speaker reads from a script, the sound drops, a talk goes off programme, a joke or a quotation — what to do in each case.
Remote platforms
Online booths and hybrid events: different sound, different delay, a different way of agreeing with your partner.
Format
How the classes run
On the agency's equipment
The agency owns simultaneous interpreting equipment, so classes run in a booth with a console and a headset, not with earphones beside a laptop.
Small groups
Simultaneous interpreting cannot be learned in a crowd: everyone has to put in their own hours in the booth.
Material from real events
We train on what an interpreter actually meets: uneven pace, difficult delivery, sector terminology.
Programme status
The programme is being updated
Enrolment is paused while we revise the course for the way the profession works today: hybrid events, remote booths, AI-based tools. Once the programme is ready we will write to everyone who left their details.
Application
Would you like to study at the TRIS translation school?
Leave a request — we will add you to our list of interested applicants and write once the updated programme is ready. Tell us about your experience, education and what you are looking for: it helps us form groups and take your needs into account in the new programme.