Working as an interpreter and language tutor during the pandemic

Tarja Papantoniou works in Melbourne as an interpreter and teacher of Finnish. Just like in many other professions, the coronavirus epidemic really changes her work pattern.

Source: Tarja Papantoniou

Tarja tells that her interpreting work is significantly reduced because business and other employers are affected by the crisis. Her language students are still very enthusiastic but because of social distancing requirements, her class room has become virtual. This has offered her an opportunity to gain a lot of new technical skills as she runs her classes online. We started our conversation by talking about the reduced interpreting work.....