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Louisa Azimi

Question and Answer

  • What is your name, where do you live, and how long have you been an interpreter or translator?
    • Louisa Azimi
  • Where do you live?
    • Iran-Tehran
  • What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
    • Once I was writing my project as a student, I needed to use encylopedias which were written in English during which i suffer not knowing any words.
      I had to use and open dictionary twenty times for each page. Any way, when I finished the work and delivered it to my professor he asked me a question that I couldnt answer.
      It was a simple question ''what is the meaning of the word INTRODUCTION?''. I couldnt answer it so was embarrased. I decided to start studying English as a second field.
  • List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
    • Understanding of comprehension
  • We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
    • I was about complexed sentences. I sould have broken complex sentences to more simple ones.
  • If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
    • Study comparative books (ST BESIDES TT)
  • Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
    • I just studied the books written by Dr.Tajvidi
  • What's the best book you've read this year?
    • Osoul Kafi

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