We are very grateful to our speakers. It’s them who made our event interesting, useful and unforgettable. The listeners admitted that sometimes it was tough for them to choose between two reports.

Alexey Kozoulyaev with his report on trends in audio-visual translation and the current cognitive revolution set the pace of our forum.

Adelaide Kuznetsova and Aliona Savchenko compared pros and cons of being a freelancer and full-time translator in Belarus, gave an insight into problems that translators and interpreters come across on a daily basis and shared their experience in combating stereotypes existing in the world of translation.

Olga Tarasova told us about statistics that help her comply with deadlines and calculate acceptable rates. The most noteworthy part was a table that you can use yourself to optimize your work.

Ilya Mishchenko introduced the listeners to world associations of translators and interpreters (international and national ones, unions based on the type of services or translators and interpreters’ categories, informal associations). He dwelled on the Russian experience and gave a few tips to create a Belarusian association of translators and interpreters.

Alena Talapila dedicated her report in the Belarusian language to financial planning for freelancers. She told us how not to be afraid of counting your money, how to create a smart budget and change it according to your own needs fearlessly.

Anna Kolomiitseva shared her secret of working with two foreign languages (German and English) and told us about the specific character of these languages from the perspective of getting ready for orders, interpreter’s skills and marketing.

Vladimir Burdenkov and Yuri Burdenkov — a dynasty of simultaneous interpreters — touched upon two topics. Vladimir Burdenkov spoke about translation organizations, such as AIIC, DG SCIC, DG INTE (LINC). Yuri Burdenkov emphasized collaboration of a team of simultaneous interpreters in a booth and compared an ideal and real situation.

Yuliya Tsimashenka and Alexander Markevitch presented their vision of a Belarusian translation association in the future and prospects of establishing such an organization. The topic gave rise to a lively debate that went far beyond the time limit. It goes without saying that many people had been thinking about an association, that’s why it’s necessary to continue this discussion as a part of working group meetups.

Yuliya Molotkova told us about her experience as an author of a comprehensive textbook on translation and interpreting from Chinese.

The topic of Denis Shoot’s report was chuchotage/whispering interpretation, one of the types of interpreting, and gave some practical advice to become a good chuchotage interpreter.

Andrey Yasharov dwelled on his methods to diversify his work and told us about acquiring additional specializations.