Speaker | IJET-32 (May 25–26, 2024) | International Japanese-English Translation Conference

Audra Lincoln

Audra Lincoln is a Japanese to English translator and interpreter with over nine years of in-house translation experience in manufacturing. They hold an MA in Translation from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and completed the ten-month language program at the Inter-University Center for Japanese studies in Yokohama, Japan. Their current professional duties include accounting audit translation and community interpreting for Japanese expats. In addition to working full time, they are also an MA Translation and Interpreting candidate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

Sessions

Practice Makes Perfect: The Axiomatic Truth About Interpreting

Practice makes perfect. Truer words were never spoken when it comes to interpreting. With enough practice, many aspects of the interpreting task become almost automatic, including common greetings, specialized terminology, and more. Developing interpreting skill beyond this sounds straight forward: just practice. Yet the challenges to “just practice” can feel insurmountable. How to find...