The Church Interpreting Podcast: Recent Episodes
Lauryn Albizu and Jonathan Downie
The Church Interpreting looks at interpreting in multilingual churches. In each episode, we give practical insights and Biblical perspectives and hear from people for whom multilingual and multicultural church is a part of their everyday worship.
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This season, we're answering questions about multilingual church and church interpreting. In this episode, we start with "When should churches start expecting people to just use English?"
Also, right in the middle of the episode, Jonathan lets you know about a new service to help churches who are looking to become multilingual or who want to improve what they are already offering. For more information, email Jonathan here: https://integritylanguages.co.uk/contact/
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This month, Lauryn explores the importance of the interpreter's stage presence and Jonathan asks hard questions about effort.
As always, for more free resources for your church, go to ChurchInterpreting.com.
You can also buy "Multilingual Church: Strategies for making disciples in all languages" from your local Christian bookshop or from here: https://missionbooks.org/products/multilingual-church
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This month, Lauryn digs into Jonathan's brand new book and we discuss the differences between a church having people who speak different languages and it actually being multilingual. We also ask what it feels like to be a visitor at your church.
You can buy Jonathan's new book here:
https://missionbooks.org/products/multilingual-church
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This month, we finish our interview with Betty Lewis, we talk practical tips and keeping focused on the in in hand.
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On this Christmas special, Lauryn and Jonathan talk about how to interpret Christmas services effectively.
As ever, for more information and advice, check out ChurchInterpreting.com
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This month, Lauryn interviews conference and church interpreter, Betty Lewis, about how she got into church and professional interpreting, the skills that carry over,
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This month, Lauryn and Jonathan answer questions about the basic skills church interpreters might need and touch on Bible translations, crying in front of patients, and demolition. This is the last in a series of episodes from our recent conversation on church interpreting.
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Some preachers might be scared to work with interpreters since it could feel like interpreters will steal the attention. We discuss some good responses to this and laugh about how we are still interpreters even after the service is finished.
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In this episode, Lauryn and Jonathan discuss how skills from church interpreting apply to commercial interpreting and vice-versa, Lauryn discusses the importance of prayer, and Jonathan talks about how experience changes your decision-making.
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[Trigger warning: Grief, mental health, racism]
On this episode, Lauryn talks about interpreting through grief, Jonathan discusses reasons why interpreting might not work in a church, and we have a quick tip with questions for you to answer about interpreting.
As always, for further information or to request personalised support with church interpreting, visit: churchinterpreting.com.
On today's episode, Lauryn explains what we can do when the preacher doesn't make any sense, Jonathan explains why the strategy behind church interpreting matters more than the technology used to deliver it and the quick tip covers the importance to team work.
To contact Jonathan, see his website: https://www.integritylanguages.co.uk/
As ever, for more free resources, visit: https://churchinterpreting.com/
In this episode, Lauryn and Jonathan continue their conversation on church interpreting, this time asking that tricky question: should church interpreting be professionalised? On the way, we look at what every church interpreter needs to know, whether you need to be a Christian to interpret in church and how to deal with preachers who tell jokes!
Some of the sources Jonathan talks about include:
Arguing that church interpreting should be professionalised:
Distortion of Meaning in Consecutive Interpreting: Case of Sermons in Selected Multicultural Churches in Maseru by Makhetsi Makha and Lehlohonolo Phafoli: https://www.jallr.com/index.php/JALLR/article/view/1047
Arguing that church interpreting doesn't need to be professionalised:
Challenges Faced by Non-Professional Interpreters in Interpreting Church Sermons in Malaysia by Andrew Kai De Tan, Mansour Amini and Kam-Fong Lee
http://insaniah.umk.edu.my/journal/index.php/insaniah/article/view/129
For wider discussions of what interpreters do, drop Jonathan an email via the ChurchInterpreting.com website.
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What should Christian interpreters do when they have to hear profanity? Is it even possible to have multilingual worship? In this episode, Lauryn and Jonathan answer the question on profanity while our interview guest, worship leader and counsellor Jamie Martinez answers important questions on multilingual worship.
For further information on church interpreting, please visit https://churchinterpreting.com/
This is the first episode in a series of three, where Lauryn and I talk about big topics in church interpreting. In this episode, we talk about losing and finding your voice as a church interpreter.
For more information on church interpreting, go to https://churchinterpreting.com/.
This month, Lauryn gives us important lessons from the Tower of Babel, Jonathan talks about the attitudes churches need to ensure interpreting is effective, we hear from a regular listener to church interpreting and end with a quick tip on making interpreting usefully visible.
For more free information and guides on church interpreting, visit churchinterpreting.com.
In this episode, Lauryn talks about the importance of the interpreter receiving from God themselves, Jonathan talks about delivering interpreting in the right way for your church, we have two mini interviews, and we end with a quick tip on feedback.
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In this special mini-sode, we asked experienced church interpreters to answer the most frequently asked questions about church interpreting. They range from what church interpreting is and why churches offer it to who benefits and what it takes to offer it.
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This month, Lauryn and Jonathan give their takes on what it means for church interpreting to be accurate. We have a mini-interview with Pastor Angelica Bravo of TRIA Tucson, and we end with a quick tip to improve the quality of church interpreting in one easy step.
Do check out the brand new website: ChurchInterpreting.com and find out more about TRIA Tucson on their Facebook page.
This week, with the help of Harvey Kwiyani (@HarveyKwiyani) and Jost Zetzsche (@jeromobot), we discuss how to make church multilingual, the role of the Holy Spirit in interpreting and the importance of fellowship. You can find Harvey's book here: https://amzn.to/3cNwP2g and the Translation Insights and Perspectives tool here: https://tips.translation.bible/
If you have any comments or questions on today's show, please send them to churchinterpreting@integritylanguages.co.uk
In this special bonus episode, Lauryn gives us her impressions and three exciting interviews from the EST Congress, at which Jonathan co-chaired a panel on church interpreting research.
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On this episode, Lauryn takes us through how to deal with difficult speakers; Jonathan interviews theologian of multicultural church, Harvey Kwiyani; and we have an insightful four-minute interview with Pooja Godfrey.
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In this episode:
Lauryn explains why she created her course for church interpreters and what is in it;
Jonathan looks at the earliest ancestor of all church & synagogue interpreting and why it matters;
And we have a four minute interview with Pastor Mike Lemay.
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