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Igor Korchilov

Igor Korchilov is a top-level Russian conference interpreter who worked with Mikhail Gorbachev from 1987 to 1990, a period that covered the Cold War era.

Biography

He was an interpreter for the General-Secretary and other top officials of the Soviet Union for thirty years. He is the author of the book Translating History: The Top Russian Interpreter's Twenty-Five Years on the Front Line of Diplomacy, 1997 which is a recollection of his time spent with Mikhail Gorbachev and Western leaders particulary Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, George H. Bush and his fellow Russian interpreter, Pavel Palazhchenko.

He was born on March 3, 1941.

Source

Translating History: The Top Russian Interpreter's Twenty-Five Years on the Front Line of Diplomacy, ISBN 0-68481-4188

See also

*Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl, UN Interpreter
*Jesús Baigorri Jalón, UN Interpreter
*Tuan-Li Diana Liao, UN Interpreter
*Pavel Palazhchenko, UN Interpreter
*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

External links

*Igor Korchilov BBC
*Igor Korchilov
*Igor Korchilov
*Igor Korchilov
*Igor Korchilov Foreign Affairs
*Igor Korchilov Foreign Affairs

Books about interpreters and interpreting

*Interpreters at the United Nations: A History by Jesús Baigorri-Jalón ISBN 84-7800-643-5
*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
*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, UN Interpreter Hardbound ISBN 1853597910, Paperback ISBN 1853597902, Ebook ISBN 1853597929
*More Publications about Interpreting and Translation

Related links

*International Association of Conference Interpreters AIIC
*The American Association of Language Specialists TAALS
*Monterey Institute of International Studies Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation



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