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Translating Birth, Love and Death
Translator and author Nataly Kelly talks about interpreting 911 calls and “cupid calls,” as well as translating poetry from a hybrid of Spanish and Shuar, a mainly Ecuadorian tribal language. Kelly has co-written a book on the translation industry called “Found in Translation”.
Two interpreters sit between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Argentina's President de Kirchner.
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Translator and author Nataly Kelly talks about interpreting 911 calls and "cupid calls."
Kelly has also translated poetry from a hybrid of Spanish and Shuar, a mainly Ecuadorian tribal language. She has co-written a book with Jost Zetzsche on the translation industry called "Found in Translation: How language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World."