I was allowed to listen to an IR telephone meeting in English. People on the other end of the phone were non-Japanese, so they arranged an interpreter.
The male interpreter did a great job marvelously, though I had a feeling that he was in a hurry, as if he was being rushed by something, and that he wanted to facilitate the meeting. He said more than what our staff said. I momentarily wondered if it was really necessary or not.
After the meeting, my staff said, “I’d prefer female interpreters, because they seem to concentrate more.” It is a bit hard for me to completely agree with his remark, though.
The interpreter mentioned, “Cost A, which occurred this year, will disappear next year”. Is this expression correct? “Cost A, which occurred this year, will not arise next year” would make sense to me, if I’m allowed to express my silly thought.
There is no doubt that on the whole he was excellent as interpreter. I wish I could interpret for others like he did.