Universidad de Alcalá: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 7, 2017

I went into my master’s program at Spain’s Universidad de Alcalá convinced I wanted to be an interpreter. A year later I was a…

Interpreting 101: An Interview with Student Interpreters

By The Savvy Newcomer | April 5, 2016

By Kimberley Hunt I had a chance to catch up with three interpretation students at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS).…

What is the Hardest Foreign Language to Learn?

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 19, 2016

By Alison Kroulek Reblogged from The Language Blog by K International with permission from the author (including the images) No matter what, learning a…

3 Ways to Enhance Your Medical Interpreter Training Experience

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 27, 2015

By Erin Rosales Reblogged from Connecting Cultures with permission from the author (incl. the image) You finally did it! After months of consideration and…

What I Care About

By The Savvy Newcomer | October 2, 2015

By Helen Eby What have I learned over the last few months? I care about people. María Díaz. Wow! She was one of my…

Universitat Pompeu Fabra: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | February 17, 2015

By Carmen Salomón Hernández I finished my high school degree, including the International Baccalaureate Diploma in 2011 and decided to study Translation and Interpreting…

How to Make the Most of Your Last Year at University? 7 Essential Steps for Translation Students

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 20, 2015

By Marta Stelmaszak My last year at university as a translation student was a blast. I was thrilled to see how the quality of my…

MIIS: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | January 13, 2015

By Erin Teske My first glimpse of what it would be like to be a student at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey,…

University of Lund: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | December 9, 2014

By Marie Eriksson I came to Lund University for the first time as winter was just giving way into spring. My father drove me from…

University of Maryland, College Park: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | September 16, 2014

By Sarah Caudill Though I live in Silver Spring, Maryland, just a short bus ride from the UMD College Park campus, I was teaching English…

A Day in the Life: Bellevue College

By The Savvy Newcomer | August 26, 2014

This week we continue with our “A Day in the Life” series featuring an article written in collaboration by two current students from the…

University of Massachusetts Amherst: A Day in the Life

By The Savvy Newcomer | July 8, 2014

By Jocelyn Langer The simple New England elegance of Amherst and the plain grey concrete walls of Herter Hall do not at first glance…