The past few years have seen an increase in discussion about gender identity, i.e. a person’s perception of the gender to which they belong, whether biological or psychological. The concept of non-binary gender identity, or being genderqueer, is one of the concepts introduced in this discussion; it allows for the existence of a large range…
Often, when asked what we do for a living, we interpreters come away with the feeling that few people actually know what our profession is about, and what our professional life looks like. So we’ve decided to use this blog to bring a little light to the ‘mystery’, and to share some basic aspects of…
In the not so distant past, the image of a translator or interpreter lugging an overstuffed suitcase from location to location was almost commonplace. The suitcase would be full of the tools of their trade – volumes and volumes of general or specialized multilingual dictionaries and reference books. Gradually, with the passage of time and…
Continuing our exploration on the “major” and “minor” languages around us, today we look at a language with a very long and glorious history, which Greeks often invoke when they want to say that they speak a language fluently. Now, let’s take a look at 7 things that we all need to know about the…
Walking through the aisles of a bookshop searching for a book, either as a gift to someone or to read ourselves, there are many factors that will attract our attention and make us read the back cover to decide whether to buy it or not. Others are attracted by a pretty cover, others are captured…
It is often thought – mistakenly in our opinion – that the summer is for reading “light” books under the sun or in the shade of a tree; for the vast majority of people, summer reading equates with easy books, with no great literary depth or essence, or at least without any content beyond digestible…
Podium was honoured to be participating in and providing interpreting services at the InvestGR Forum, staged by PUBLIC AFFAIRS & NETWORKS for the 5th consecutive year. EY’s survey on the attractiveness of Greece as an investment destination and the remarks by government ministers on the reforms and plans within their areas of remit, in combination…
Podium provided interpreting services from Greek into Spanish and the reverse at the book launch of Bernardo Atxaga’s “Houses and Tombs”, translated into Greek by Kostas Athanasiou. In the photos: The book’s translator, Kostas Athanasiou; the literary critic Katerina Schina; the author, Bernardo Atxaga; and Podium Managing Partner Dimitris Psarras.
Podium took part in a milestone event for Greek transport.Our company provided interpreting services (from Greek into Italian and the reverse) at an event announcing the new trademark for the “TRAINOSE” railway company, renamed “Hellenic Train S.A.”.In the photo: Vasileios G. Triantafyllou, Managing Partner at Podium, with:◼ Konstantinos Tselis, Internal Audit Director;◼ Zoe Protogera, Human…
The 6th Shipping Conference, titled “Shipping, industry of the year: The next great move!”, took place at the “Megaron” Athens Concert Hall and was attended by representatives of all sectors of the shipping community, who presented their opinions and proposals about the future of shipping in the post-pandemic era. Podium was there, too, providing interpreting…