AFP 25 – Robert Bigler: Translation and Interpretation

Hello guys! It's Friday, which means another Actual Fluency Podcast. We're up to episode 25! Which is a happy quarter century.

Today on the show we have a very talented polyglot, Mr. Robert Bigler. Robert is an Austrian professional interpreter and translator and I caught up with him in Berlin to discuss what it's like to work professionally with languages. Lots of tips and tricks if you aspire to get into translation or interpretation.

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AFP 21 – Richard Simcott: 20th Episode Special!

Today is a special celebratory milestone! It marks the 20th unique episode of the Actual Fluency Podcast. When I first started the podcast 20 episodes ago, it was my dream to create a podcast that could inspire people, and myself to work harder, discover new methods and just try and connect the community through the podcasting medium – which at the time I started only had one other general language learning podcast.

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AFP 20 – Sonja Lang: Toki Pona, Conlanging and the meaning of life

Today is a very exciting episode on the Actual Fluency Podcast. Today I'm happy to present Sonja Lang, the creator of Toki Pona on the show. I had communicated briefly with Sonja over Facebook before meeting her in person in Berlin. The Toki Pona presentation, done by my friend Chris Huff, was one of the most popular ones so I KNEW I had to get Sonja on the show to pick her brain on languages, conlanging and Toki Pona of course.

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