Remote Interpreting Services
Speak globally, connect instantly: your connection to the world with our remote interpreting services
Remote interpreting via videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet has become an essential practice in today’s world. Thanks to advances in telecommunication, interpreters can offer their support remotely, without being physically present at the event location, making multilingual interaction more accessible than ever. These platforms provide a variety of modes for interpreting, whether through telephone, video, or RSI (Remote Simultaneous Interpreting), ensuring that your message is delivered accurately in real-time.
Videoconferencing offers many advantages, including flexibility, reduced travel expenses, and the ability to work with interpreters who specialize in less common languages. These platforms also enable real-time interaction, facilitating seamless connection between interpreters and speakers. Whether it’s a telephone interpretation or video interpreting, the distance between the parties doesn’t matter. Our remote solutions are designed to bridge the language barriers in the most cost-effective and efficient way possible.
Although remote interpreting can present some technical challenges, it provides new possibilities and promotes linguistic accessibility, especially in sectors such as healthcare, where sign language interpreters are essential for effective interaction with deaf people, including those with limited English proficiency. For example, sign language interpreting in a medical setting is vital for hard of hearing patients, ensuring that accurate care and assistance are provided. The benefit of having these resources available through digital platforms is clear in enhancing access, especially during times like COVID.
Why companies need to go digital
The dynamics of remote work have undergone a profound transformation, significantly elevating the demand for remote interpreters. This shift mirrors the larger evolution of business practices in an era dominated by internet connectivity, virtual meetings, and platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. The rise of video and audio interpreting has made it easier to connect across languages and locations, ensuring businesses can effectively interact with clients, regardless of location.
The pandemic acted as a catalyst for businesses worldwide to reassess their operational strategies. The traditional office model gave way to remote work as a necessary adaptation, with the integration of advanced video conferencing technologies enabling businesses to engage with clients, employees, and other stakeholders. This new mode of interaction has vastly improved the client experience, even when working remotely.
Among the many changes, one stands out: the surge in demand for remote interpreters to help overcome language barriers during virtual meetings, whether with clients, partners, or employees across the globe. These interpreters are now delivering more than just spoken language support; signed language and consecutive interpreting are becoming integral to corporate, healthcare, and government sectors, where language accessibility matters. This shift is transforming the interpretation process, making it more inclusive and accessible for all parties involved.
The impact of this shift is evident in the numbers. The cumulative market share of remote interpreting—including over-the-phone interpreting (OPI), video remote interpreting (VRI), and remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI)—rose from 20% in 2021 to 95% at the height of the pandemic. By 2023, it stabilised at 49%. Hybrid meetings, which blend on-site and remote participation, now constitute 12% of the interpreting market.
Why you should choose remote interpreting
Remote interpreting, particularly simultaneous interpreting on platforms like Zoom, has emerged as an affordable and efficient solution for multilingual interaction. This method offers several benefits:
- Cost savings: Companies can significantly reduce expenses related to travel, accommodation, and venue rental for international meetings, making interpreting more affordable.
- Increased accessibility: Participants from various locations can join meetings without the need for physical presence, promoting global collaboration.
- Flexibility: Remote interpreting allows for quick setup and easy scheduling of multilingual events across different time zones.
- Environmental impact: Reduced travel contributes to lower carbon footprints for organizations.
Technology enabling remote interpreting
The advancement of videoconferencing technology has been crucial in facilitating remote interpreting. With the use of platforms that support the form of video and audio, companies can connect with interpreters to deliver accurate and timely language support. Features like separate audio channels for a range of different languages enable simultaneous interpretation, making it possible for multiple languages to be delivered in real-time. Technologies like Skype or Zoom, are crucial tools in providing reliable and high-quality interpretation.
Remote interpreters remain an indispensable asset for businesses navigating the interconnected global economy, ensuring that linguistic accessibility thrives, even in virtual environments.
Where can remote interpretation be used?
- Business Meetings and Conferences: Facilitate interaction during virtual team meetings, international negotiations and projects, or global conferences. Consecutive interpretation or simultaneous interpreting ensures effective cross-lingual collaboration.
- Healthcare: Ensure accurate interaction between medical professionals and patients, especially for those with limited language proficiency.
- Legal Proceedings: Support multilingual interaction in virtual court hearings, depositions, or legal consultations.
- Education and Training: Enhance accessibility for students or professionals in online courses, webinars, or training programs conducted in different languages.
- Customer Support: Assist global businesses in providing multilingual assistance through video or phone-based support channels.
- Government Services: Improve access to essential services for diverse populations, including individuals that are hard of hearing.
How can remote interpretation help your business?
By integrating remote interpretation into your operations, your business can unlock new opportunities, improve interaction, and thrive in today’s increasingly global and digital marketplace.
- Enhance Global Collaboration: Seamlessly bridge language gaps during international meetings, fostering stronger relationships with global partners, clients, and employees.
- Increase Accessibility: Make your business inclusive by providing linguistic support to clients and stakeholders who speak different languages.
- Boost Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness: Save on travel costs and reduce logistical complexities by conducting meetings virtually with professional interpreters, whether via video interpreting or telephone interpretation.
- Expand Market Reach: Reach new markets and demographics by effectively engaging with audiences worldwide.
- Ensure Accuracy and Professionalism: Rely on certified interpreters who specialise in your industry to convey precise, culturally sensitive messages.
- Adapt to Modern Workflows: Leverage remote interpreting technologies that integrate seamlessly into virtual environments, ensuring smooth and effective interaction in real time.
How do our remote interpretation services work?
Initial Consultation: Your Needs, Our Priority
Your journey begins with a conversation. At BeTranslated, we start by understanding your needs—languages, platforms, and goals—to tailor the perfect solution and the target language of your audience.
Speak: Your Voice, Amplified
Step into your meeting and speak naturally in your preferred source language. With BeTranslated, your voice takes centre stage, ready to be understood across borders without a hitch.
Interpret: Expert Linguists at Work
Behind the scenes, our professional interpreters work their magic. They listen with precision, capturing every nuance of your message in consecutive interpreting or simultaneous interpretation. The interpretation is seamless, preserving the tone, intent, and meaning.
Transmit: Real-time Connection
Using advanced tools and features on your chosen platform, BeTranslated ensures your message is transmitted in real time whether through video interpreting, telephone interpreting, or a hybrid solution.
Hear: Communication without Limits
Your audience receives your message as if it were spoken directly to them. With BeTranslated, communication and interaction becomes effortless, enabling you to connect and succeed on a global scale.
Specialist Zoom interpreters for professional results
Would you like to organise a multilingual PowerPoint presentation for all your employees, or offer a streaming presentation by a company manager to various international stakeholders? Maybe you need to communicate with a potential partner on the other side of the world?
Our qualified interpreters and interpretation services are experts in the field of corporate interpreting, including conference interpreting, (symposia, boardroom meetings, presentations, question-and-answer sessions, meetings, and forums) and are fully trained in the use of Zoom.
That’s one of the big differences with most other agencies: at BeTranslated, there’s no improvisation when it comes to Zoom settings, smooth flow, and speech, no unwelcome breaks or poor image quality. Our remote interpretation services are renowned for their impeccable work. We are proud to support industries such as healthcare, legal, and public service interpreting. Trust our team to deliver the most accurate, affordable, and dedicated support.
Working from the four corners of the globe and across all time zones, our delocalised professionals are all experts in a specific field (IT, marketing, legal, medical, etc.) Having specialised and professional interpreters is demonstrated through the quality of their simultaneous interpreting, leaving no margin for error or miscommunication.
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