Telephone interpreting services allow the interpreter to translate the conversation through a phone.

The interpreter connects by teleconference and works consecutively. This means that they will wait for the speaker to finish their speech before translating into the listener’s language.

First used in the 70’s, telephone interpreting became popular during the 90’s thanks to the lower costs of international calls. 

Since then, the demand for telephone interpreting kept rising, leading to a more sophisticated service. Technological improvements guarantee faster and more efficient connections. For these reasons, telephone interpretation is nowadays widely used in a number of sectors such as:

•  commercial negotiations

•  emergency calls

•  customer service

•  tourism

LangPros offers telephone interpretation services in many languages.