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:''This article is about the United Nations interpreter from the United Kingdom. Stephen Pearl should not be confused with Stephen Pearl Andrews who is an American anarchist.''
'Stephen B. Pearl' was a United Nations interpreter and former head of the English booth in the UN Interpreting Section in New York. Baigorri-Jalón, Jesús. Barr, Anne (English Translation from Spanish). Interpreters at the United Nations: A History. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca:2004, page 106. - ISBN 84-7800-643-5.
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Personal |
| Interpreting career |
| Contributions to interpreting profession |
| Music and film connections |
| Translation credits |
| References |
| Specific |
| General |
| See also |
| Related Links |
Biography
Personal
Stephen Pearl was born in London on July 5, 1934. He grew up in a family that spoke no other language except English. His basic and higher education was in classical Latin and Greek. He is a graduate of St. John's College, Oxford University with an M.A. in Classics. Between high school and college, Pearl served in the military where he was taught Russian. He also studied Russian at the Department of Slavonic Studies in Cambridge University, in preparation for his duties in the Royal Air Force. He also spent some time in Turkey and Germany to learn Turkish and German.
Interpreting career
Upon his return to Britain from Turkey and Germany – and after reading an advertisement in a newspaper - Pearl went for an interview in London to apply for a job as a UN interpreter. Prior to being hired by the United Nations, he worked as teacher of liberal studies at a fine arts college for three months. He became an interpreting trainee at UN headquarters in New York in August 1962.
Contributions to interpreting profession
Later on, Pearl became head of the English booth and contributed to the changes made in the selection criteria for new interpreters. He was one of the few UN staff interpreters who had taken time to reflect in writing about the profession, about its practical problems and on how to solve them by means of training programs.
After his official retirement from the UN, Pearl continued to apply and present his training methods at several institutions dedicated to the training of interpreters.
Music and film connections
Apart from being a U.N. English interpreter. Pearl is also a musician who plays the clarinet. He performs for The Centre Symphony Orchestra, a group that usually holds seasonal concerts at the St. Peter's Church in Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York, and is managed by his wife and fellow interpreter, Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl. Pearl's wife was one of the two real-life conference interpreters behind Sydney Pollack's film thriller, ''The Interpreter'', which starred the actors ''Nicole Kidman'' and ''Sean Penn''.[1]
Translation credits
Stephen Pearl has recently translated Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov’s ''Oblomov'' - a classic that tackles Russian social life and customs – published by Bunim & Bannigan, Ltd.Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich, Translator: Pearl, Stephen. "Oblomov", Powells.com and Powell's Books, Michael Powells, Portland, retrieved on: 01 June 2007.
References
Specific
1. "A Day in the Life of Real Interpreters: (8 mins), Interviews with Tuan-Li Diana Liao (chief Interpreter at the United Nations) and Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl (chief of the United Nations French Interpretation Section), An Informative DVD Feature from the Film "The Interpreter", Filmrot.com
General
#Kornakov, Peter K. "Five Principles and Five Skills for Training Interpreters by Stephen B. Pearl", META, Volume 45, n.2, June 2000, pages 241-248, an article written by Dr. Peter K. Kornakov, Associate Professor, St.Petersburg State University, Russia, and University Teacher in Interpreting and Translating, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire); and Pearl, Stephen B. "Lacuna, Myth and Shibboleth in Teaching Simultaneous Interpreting", Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, 3 (2), 1995, pp 161-190, retrieved on: 28 May 2007.
#Stephen Pearl, UN Interpreter, Center for Translation Studies Guest Speaker, School of Modern Languages and Culture, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, 2006, retrieved on: 28 May 2007.
#Stephen Pearl, former Chief of English, UN, NY, Staff Profiles, Specialist Interpreter Trainers, Center for Translation Studies, School of Modern Languages and Culture, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, 2006, retrieved on: 28 May 2007.
#“The Craft of Interpretation,” Stephen Pearl, Chief of UN English Interpreter Section, NOTIS Programs from June 4, 1988 to December 2000, Mar. 28, 1991,retrieved on: 28 May 2007.
See also
Main articles: United Nations Interpretation Service
★ List of UN Interpreters
★ Brigitte Andreassier-Pearl
★ Raul Galer
★ Lynn Visson
★ Jacqueline Mitchell
Related Links
★ United Nations Interpretation Service Website,date retrieved: 28 May 2007
★ Interpreters: Inside the Glass Booth by Elsa B. Endrst, The UN Chronicle, United Nations Publications (1991), Gale Group (2004), date retrieved: 28 May 2007
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