In Other Words: inside the lives and minds of the real-time translators by Mosaic Science Podcast published on 2015-02-19T16:08:23Z "As the delegate spoke, Pinkney had to make sense of a message composed in one language while simultaneously constructing and articulating the same message in another tongue. The process required an extraordinary blend of sensory, motor and cognitive skills, all of which had to operate in unison." The most powerful computers in the world cannot perform accurate real-time translation. Yet interpreters do it with ease. Geoff Watts meets the neuroscientists who are starting to explain this remarkable ability. Written and read by Geoff Watts, and produced by Barry J Gibb. For more stories and to read the text original, visit http://mosaicscience.com Subscribe to our podcast: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosaic/id964928211?mt=2 RSS http://mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss If you liked this story, we recommend listening to https://soundcloud.com/mosaicscience/can-you-think-yourself-into-a-different-person by Will Storr and https://soundcloud.com/mosaicscience/hacking-the-nervous-system by Gaia Vince, also available as podcasts. Genre Storytelling
