Jason Gavin from Co Mayo is a staff interpreter with the European Commission in Brussels
As an interpreter, Achill native Jason Gavin works with 'people speaking in meetings in real time, speaking and listening simultaneously'“I wouldn’t say it’s my mother tongue but it’s a language I have always loved,” he says. “I did it in primary, secondary and then at university level, so I am comfortable speaking and understanding it.”
“We’re always meeting new people in our meetings and even though we are behind a sheet of glass, you get to meet a lot of interesting people, politicians, and delegates. It’s a very multicultural environment.” “A translator is more process-based. They are dealing with written word and documents, and they don’t operate in real time, so they have time to perfect the translation of their texts.”
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