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Biljana Knezevic

Question and Answer

  • What is your name?
    • Biljana Knezevic
  • Where do you live?
    • Vancouver, Canada
  • What made you decide to become a translator or interpreter?
    • I love to make it easier for people to talk to one another
  • List one strength that you think sets you apart from your colleagues.
    • Extensive experience
  • Name the one thing that you most enjoy in your translating or interpreting career.
    • Meeting new people and learning about various topics
  • 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.
    • I interpreted once for a rehab centre and I had to know all the bones they were mentioning and I had a hard time with it. I decided then to learn anatomy and physiology and now it is much better when I interpret medical issues
  • 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?
    • To learn medical terminology and not to avoid it
  • 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.
    • proZ
  • What's the best book you've read this year?
    • A Hundred Years of Solitude

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