View of an interpreting booth during 38C3 at the CCH in Hamburg. On a table, technology for interpreting can be seen in the form of headsets and consoles, as well as water bottles and drinking glasses. In the background, hall 1 of the CCH can be made out through a window.

Call for Interpreters: Translate 39C3!

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Planning for Congress, unsure what to do there, interested in applying your impressive language skills? If you are multilingual and fluent in German, English and maybe other languages, please consider joining the interpreters team, c3lingo.

We interpret ALL talks in the four main halls live and in real-time. German talks are interpreted into English, and vice versa. Our work is streamed to the Internet and transmitted as audio-only streams in the halls, and recordings are published on media.ccc.de. We have another channel where we interpret into more languages, this is transmitted and published in the same way.

That is a lot of material to interpret and in order to succeed, we need YOU. With the “more languages” channel, you have the chance to contribute in an even more special way if you can interpret into another interesting language (from English or German). We mostly feature the French or Spanish language on this channel, but if your skills differ, just let us know – especially if you can bring along a few interpreters for the same target language. Sometimes, we might even use this channel for interesting things that are not (strictly) interpretations.

Don’t be shy. If you are uncertain whether you’re good enough, chances are that you’ll do just fine. In case you‘re struggling, we will take over from you and talk it over later, no harm done.

Here are the steps to join us:

  • Subscribe to our mailing list: use this form or send an empty e‑mail to “talk-subscribe(at)lists.c3lingo.org”. Write a quick intro to the mailing list after you’ve completed your subscription.
  • If you are new to interpreting, with us or in general, we invite you to give it a try online before the Congress. Meet us on Senfcall, a popular German BigBlueButton instance. Any web browser will work, but please use a headset or headphones at the very least. Also, be sure you know how to use your audio equipment with your browser. We look forward to welcoming you in our “tryout” meetings at
    • 30 November (Sunday), 19:00
    • 12 December (Friday), 19:00

So, take this opportunity and help us bring C3 to an even wider international audience.

For more information, you can contact us on Mastodon at @c3lingo@chaos.social and #c3lingo, or via mail to talk(at)lists.c3lingo.org (after subscribing).

See (and possibly hear) you at 39C3!

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