'You Have To Have Speed': What It Takes To Be A United Nations Interpreter

Speed is key when doing high-stakes interpreting with delegates and other notable figures, Visson tells Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson.

"You have to be able to listen, immediately grasp what someone is saying, and put it into another language, and put it into grammatical sentences and full sentences," she says. "One of the worst things an interpreter can do is not finish a sentence."