The other day, for the first time in 16 months, I undertook a simultaneous interpreting assignment in a real (physical!) interpreting booth on site. The picture above shows my booth. It is a portable booth, almost the size of a telephone booth. As simultaneous interpretation is usually provided by two or more interpreters who take turns every 15 minutes or so, most of the interpreting booths pre-covid were for two interpreters. This time, however, a one-person booth was used for covid reasons....