In between translating she told me about word order, another challenge that interpreters face daily. With German the nicht, the not, can come at the very end of the sentence. So you may be enthusing about something and then the speaker finally says nicht. But if youre a German native you can hear the nicht coming by the intonation. Word order is a particular problem in fish meetings, which Miles said she dreads. In a long sentence about a particular variety of fish, and in a language where the noun – the name of the fish – comes towards the end, the interpreter is left guessing about the subject of the sentence until its completed.
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