Marzieh Izadi

Question and Answer

• What is your name?
  • Marzieh Izadi
• Where do you live?
  • Iran
• What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
  • Personal pleasure
• List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
  • Being studious
• Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
  • It is never finished, always rolling
• We all have worked on those not-so-perfect assignments. Write about one such assignment that was not ideal and what you learned from it.
  • In the first year of college, I had to translate the little princess English book into Persian. I did the translation and it proves my that I cannot pass on as literary translator.
• If you could go back in time to when you were just starting out as a translator or interpreter, what advice would you give to your younger self?
  • Reading as many books as you can.
• Name one resource – such as a phone app, CAT tool, website, and so forth – that you find especially helpful in your translating or interpreting work.
  • Pros.com
• What's the best book you've read this year?
  • Sovashoun by Daneshvar