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Global Politics
How the Nuremberg Trials changed interpretation forever
The World in Words
September 29, 2014
Updated
We take simultaneous interpretation for granted today, watching world leaders at the UN and other organizations listen to speeches being translated in real time. But there was a time not too long ago when even the thought of someone instantly translating speech was impossible.