Over two hours, eight interpreters at Telemundo's headquarters were translating 15 voices (10 candidates and 5 moderators) to Spanish for last night's DemDebate in Miami. WLRN provides a behind-the-scenes look at the process:
wearing headsets and facing a monitor, were interpreting 15 voices to Spanish for the first Democratic presidential“Translating is an art,” said Leticia Herrera, vice president of news specials at Telemundo, which is part of the NBCUniversal media company. “When it’s so easy for NBC or any other network to go ahead and put together a debate and put it on the air, we have this added pressure of making sure that we translate it perfectly.”The translation happens in real time.
César Cardoza leaves Studio E at Telemundo where the interpreters had been stationed for two hours during Wednesday night's debate.César Cardoza, a former interpreter for CNN En Español, helps coordinate the simultaneous translations for Wednesday and Thursday night’s debates. He sent the network several voices, looking for high-level — think United Nations — expertise.
Berah, who knew her candidates ahead of time, could study their platforms and learn new vocabulary that could come up on debate night.
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