In this small anthology, put together by Mothertongue multi-ethnic counselling service, the first story is my contribution. The collection is very special because interpreters are actually supposed to keep their own account of their work assignments to themselves, for good reasons. However, especially in community interpreting settings interpreters are asked to work in crises and emotion-ridden bilingual interactions. Often, the interpreters reflect similar experiences from their own biographies being migrants themselves. On their way to professionalisation, interpreters learn coping strategies, decision-making, resilience practice among many other things. Deeply reflective and emotional accounts by experienced interpreters (respectful of confidentiality) are very rare, and you will find them in this anthology, available free for download here.

From the editors: This is a PDF copy of the anthology of international interpreters’ stories, called In More Words, which we launched on October 5th 2017, in London. Mothertongue multi-ethnic counselling service was awarded funding from the Big Lottery, to give an opportunity to those who voice other peoples’ sensitive and distressing material, to tell their own stories in their own voices. Clients referred to in the stories, are all composite or fictionalised versions of clients to preserve their anonymity. In 2015 we published our first anthology of interpreters’ stories: In Other Words. Our second anthology, In More Words, includes voices and stories from international interpreters. The interpreters, who have chosen to write in English, are from Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, India, Iran, Kenya, Nepal, Poland, Turkey, the UK, and the USA. In More Words allows us to glimpse into their worlds. 
In More Words is a fascinating collection of honest, beautiful stories.