Ewandro Magalhaes: How interpreters juggle two languages at once
Language is complex, and when abstract or nuanced concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be catastrophic. Given the complexities of language and cultural exchange, how do these epic miscommunications not happen all the time? Ewandro Magalhaes explains how much of the answer lies with the skill and training of interpreters to over...
Ewandro Magalhaes: The Language Game How Interpreters Connect the World
The former Chief Interpreter in the United Nations system and Co-founder of KUDO invites us to explore what it is to truly understand others though greater appreciation of their language. Ewandro presents the power of interpreters as true interconnectors, describing the vital role of student interpreters in the 1945 Nuremburg trials. Of whom w...
Ewandro Magalhaes: Language and Identity | Ewandro Magalhaes | TEDxBelfort
Over the last 30 years, Ewandro has lent his voice to five Brazilian presidents, two American presidents, and many heads of state and government (Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Dilma Rousseff, the Dalai Lama ... ). He followed them on stage, relayed their words, and analysed their slightest movements, to convey their me...