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How interpreters at the UN get the message across (BBC)

21 September 2010, BBC News

Cuba's Fidel Castro spoke for more than four hours. Indian politician VK Krishna Menon was on the podium for more than eight hours.

When delegates at the United Nations are faced with a runaway speaker - going far beyond the usual 15 minutes or so - how do their live interpreters deal with the situation? ... Read more...