Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl
Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl is one of two real-life
conference interpreters behind the film thriller,
The Interpreter which starred the actors
Nicole Kidman and
Sean Penn.
Andreassier-Pearl was born on June 17, 1947 in France and has been with the
United Nations for 34 years. Being the Chief of the
UN's
Interpretation Service, she acted as the consultant for film director
Sydney Pollack, emphasizing the difference between an
interpreter and a
translator. The interpreter deals with spoken communication within the confines of a glass booth, while a translator works with written documents. She has a
Ph.D. in
French literature and is fluent in
English,
French and
Spanish. Her multilingual team at the
UN Interpretation Service is composed of about 200 interpreters and 2 meeting services personnel. Before becoming chief interpreter, Andreassier-Pearl was the Head of the French Section of the UN Interpretation Service before becoming chief of the whole service.
True to the character of Silvia Broome in the film,
The Interpreter, Andreassier-Pearl is also a musician. She plays the
bassoon and a member and general manager of The Centre Symphony Orchestra which usually holds seasonal concerts at the
St. Peter's Church in
Lexington Avenue,
Manhattan,
New York. Her husband, Stephen Pearl, is also a musician who plays the
clarinet, apart from being a UN English interpreter.
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Jesús Baigorri Jalón, UN Interpreter
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Tuan-Li Diana Liao, UN Interpreter
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Igor Korchilov, UN Interpreter
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Pavel Palazhchenko, UN Interpreter
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Hossam Fahr, UN Interpreter, Christian Science Monitor*
Jeffrey Tao, UN Interpreter, Speaking at Babel*
The UN Chronicle: On Conference Interpreters*
United Nations Interpretation Service Website*Elisabeth Heyward, UN Interpreter, wife of
Dick Heyward*
Stephen Pearl, UN Interpreter, Five Principles And Five Skills For Training Interpreters*
Stephen Pearl, UN Interpreter, Center for Translation Studies Guest Speaker*
A Day in the Life of Real Interpreters*The Gamecock, Student Newspaper of the University of Soutch Carolina, April 22, 2005
*Cape Argus and Cape Times (Tonight Western Cape), South Africa
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Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl*
Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl*The Telegraph, April 21, 2005
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Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl, April 2, 2005*The Lions Happenings (Question and Answer Session), April 2005 at the New York Public Library
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Interpreters at the United Nations: A History by Jesús Baigorri-Jalón ISBN 84-7800-643-5
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La interpretación de conferencias: el nacimiento de una profesión, de Paris a Nuremberg by Jesús Baigorri-Jalón ISBN 84-8444-055-9
*From Russian into English: An Introduction to Simultaneous Interpretation by Lynn Visson, UN Interpreter ISBN 0875010954
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A Brief Guide to From Russian into English: An Introduction to Simultaneous Interpretation by Lynn Visson, UN Interpreter ISBN 0875010954
*Interpretation Techniques and Exercises by James Nolan ISBN 1-85359-790-2
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More Publications about Interpreting and Translation*
International Association of Conference Interpreters AIIC*
The American Association of Language Specialists TAALS*
Monterey Institute of International Studies Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation
