Large conferences and congresses, many languages: this is the ideal setting for simultaneous interpreting in which an interpreter listens in one language and at the same time translates into another. Interpreters always work in pairs to alternate frequently and the audience in the room has appropriate earphones.
It is an activity that researchers define as “antiphysiological” since our brain must perform eight tasks simultaneously during simultaneous interpreting.
An impressive technique to listen to but exciting in terms of the result.