Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach.Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just an interpreting or translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, and marketing.In this episode, I talk about the dreaded 'ums' and 'ers' that can interrupt the flow of our interpreting.Quick summary:To increase your awareness of 'ums'record yourself audio/videoget a friend to listen and hit the table or hold up a papertap your own leguse a rubber band whenever you say ‘um’Why do you 'um'?habitanxiety/nervestrying to remember what to say (consec)trying to find the right word (retour) - say sth generickeep the attention of the audience, signal that your sentence isn’t fnishedbeing overwhelmed by speech & density (simultaneous)Tips for reducing 'ums':slow down (consec)pause (we think faster than we speak. We think pauses sound huge. We sound more confident with pauses. Pauses don’t sound long in sim - you think they do because you have the other soundtrack as well)put your tongue behind your teeth instead of saying umLOOK UP - it’s harder to say um while looking at someoneuse sticks to shape sentencesConsider your interpreting technique (salami; pauses in different places; plan chunks; improve your note-taking; improve your stress management)Hope you found it useful.Let me know what you'd like me to talk about next!Sophie (aka The Interpreting Coach)Support the showMy website and blog: https://theinterpretingcoach.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/interpretingcoach/Twitter: @terpcoachLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-interpreting-coach/Or email me at [email protected]

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