Overview
This brief guide will provide instructions on how to add a translator to an interview. Once a session has been created for a project, it is ready to send invites to different participants that will be in the session. You can send invites to the translator of the session through the platform, whether it is a consecutive or simultaneous translation session. We will cover the steps to invite translators by selecting from past translators or entering the email of a new translator, additionally, we will see how to remove translators from a specific session if needed.
How to Add a Translator to an Interview
To add a translator, click the "+ Translator" button in the session you would like to add this translator to. This option will only appear if your session was created as a consecutive or simultaneous translation interview.
Choose from any of the past translators on your project to add a translator to the interview or type in the email of a translator you would like to invite to the session.
Note: If the email you added as a translator is not associated with an account, it will prompt the new user to create an account.
A translator can always be removed from a session by clicking the trash bin icon.
Click the 'Save' button to confirm your changes.
Once you click 'Save', a calendar invite will be sent to all translators added to the interview. Each invite will include the project name and interview name in the title and will include a link to enter as a translator in that session and an icon to represent the market the interview is taking place in. The following instructional text will also default in the body of the invite:
For more information on how to customize your Google invite, find it here.
Adding the Same Translator(s) to all Upcoming Interviews
By checking the box, all the same translator(s) will be translating all of the upcoming sessions.
Note: If you had any previous translators assigned to any other upcoming sessions, those previous translators will remain assigned to the sessions they were invited to once this box is clicked. To delete the translator from the session, remove the assigned translator in the individual session.