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Texts were usually pre-translated and then read, or in the case of speeches, they might be delivered and then several translations would be provided in succession at the conclusion of the speech. Star interpreters like Andre Kaminker, who interpreted a 1934 Hitler speech for French radio, could interpret an hour and a half speech without notes.
- Malloryk
André Kaminker, a legend in language interpretation. He was said to have had photographic memory and could listen to a speech for an hour and reproduce it in a different language without notes. In 1934 he simultaneously interpreted Hitler’s speech at Nuremberg for French radio.
Jun 11, 2021 · Only André Kaminker (the senior interpreter from the French delegation) had some experience interpreting simultaneously. Even the Geneva School of Interpreters founded in 1941, and one of the most respected schools in the field, hadn’t yet graduated simultaneous interpreters. The recruitment process was organised in two stages.
André Kaminker est un traducteur et interprète français, né le 18 juillet 1888 à Saint-Gratien (actuellement dans le Val-d'Oise) et mort le 12 février 1961 à Neuilly-sur-Seine (actuellement dans les Hauts-de-Seine ). Il rejoint la France libre pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
in the 1920s. In the 1930s, André Kaminker and Hans Jacob, two founder members of AIIC, also used a form of simultaneous to interpret Hitler’s speeches for French listeners.”-AIIC “The 24 defendants (of whom 21 appeared in the courtroom) were chosen from the Nazi diplomatic, economic, political, and military leadership.”
Oct 1, 2019 · André Kaminker, a journalist before the war, fled to London in June 1940, leaving his family in France where they managed to remain safe. He joined the Free French Forces, did broadcasts on Radio Brazzaville and Martinique and interpreted for General de Gaulle in Africa.
Jun 23, 2021 · Signoret was born Simone Kaminker on March 21, 1921, to a Jewish father (André Kaminker, a linguist,) and a French Catholic mother (Georgette Signoret) in Wiesbaden in the Rhineland of Germany where her father was stationed with the French army after World War I. Simone spent her childhood in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-Sur-Seine mainly with her mother and two brothers.
