I was meant to write a summary for the in-depth interview I did last week, but due to various reasons (excuses :P), I didn't do it till now. Anyway, it went quite smoothly, I was in the same room with the client, it's about web this time. The first day, he was too tired that he left immediately after I started.The first respondent was a very talkative woman so it wasn't a good choice to start the day, but it was ok for me, though tiring. Luckily, the second guy is a relatively quieter one, so it was ok. It was the interviewer who was more tired than me, i guess. :P My voice did hurt towards the end of the day, and I didn't want to talk much that night. I really think I should find a way to protect my vocal and learn how to use my voice better.
The second day, the client sat through the 2 whole sessions, I was a bit nervous at the beginning, but I calmed down after started and interpret as usual until he started appear impatient and moving his hand in a circular motion to himself. Since he's sitting in front of me, there's no way for me to ignore him, he made me feel a bit nervous since I thought it was a problem of my interpretation, I couldn't do anything but kept interpreting, I did missed a tiny bit but I gather myself together very quickly and interpreted till the end.
I asked him at the end of the first session if my interpretation was ok, he said yes, it was just the respondent talked too much and talked about the same things that he became annoyed by it. I was relieved to hear it. The last respondent was good (cos he didn't talk much :P), it's very important at the end of the day since my voice has already been working very hard. :D
So to conclude, the whole 2-day task was done quite well, of course there is always room for improvement like combating the nervousness. But I guess being a bit nervous is a good thing because it indicated I care about my performance and would be more concentrate during the process.
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