Translation equipment for the UK and Europe
Translation Equipment (or to use its more correct names: simultaneous interpreting equipment or simultaneous interpretation equipment) is widely available in the USA, but has been harder to find at a reasonable price in the UK and Europe.
But now, with the advent of 863MHz systems, which are legal in EU countries and Great Britain, affordable, quality equipment is available.
Here’s how it works:
At the back of the room (or in an adjacent room) a team of interpreters sits in a sound-dampening booth, listening to the presenter through headphones. They do the hard part: they simultaneously listen and interpret what they hear into another language. Their voice is picked up by a microphone, which distributes the sound through an interpreter console to a transmitter.
The transmitter acts like a miniature radio station – it sends a signal out to the room. Each listener then hears the interpreter’s voice on a small receiver, through an earpiece.
If more than one language is being interpreted, then each one is on a separate frequency or channel, and the listeners select the language they want to hear on their receiver.
Williams Sound has been a world leader in translation equipment for over 25 years. Their products include state-of-the-art interpreter consoles that can be daisy-chained together using Cat 5 cable for multi-language events, powerful FM transmitters and 3-channel receivers, so you can use up to 3 languages together in the same event! The prices are excellent, and the main items carry a 3 year guarantee.
WhatDidHeSay.co.uk offers expert technical knowledge, and friendly, helpful staff to advise on the best translation equipment for your conference, meeting, school, church, synagogue, mosque, temple or event in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Austria, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and other EU member countries.
