Remote interpreting
video meetings and three-way calls
A supplier in Kortrijk, a client in Lille, a counterpart at the other end of Europe: the interpreter joins your online meeting or links you up by telephone. Billing from one hour, two days of notice on most languages, no travel charge at all.
1 h
Billing floor
48 h
Usual notice to book
0
Travel charge, in every case
70+
Languages reachable remotely
What can be settled by screen or by telephone
Two channels only: your online meeting room, or the telephone. The rest varies with the length and with how many people take the floor.
Video meeting
The interpreter joins the link you send and works in short sequences. Teams, Zoom, Meet and Webex are all covered, and we never impose a tool of our own.
A separate channel for simultaneous
On platforms that handle several audio channels, each participant picks a language from a menu and the programme keeps its pace. That calls for two interpreters per language, as in a booth.
Three-way call
No camera, no link, nothing to install: the interpreter puts you in touch with your counterpart by telephone. It is the fastest format to set up.
Recurring meetings
A monthly committee, a weekly catch-up with a subsidiary, the follow-up of a cross-border project. The same interpreter comes back each time and ends up knowing the file better than some of the participants.
Rare pairs
A language nobody practises in the area becomes reachable again, since the interpreter connects from wherever he lives. Notice drops from several weeks to a few days.
Something unexpected today
Someone who speaks no French turns up unannounced, a call has to be made now. We look for somebody available immediately, and we tell you plainly if nobody is.
The journey often costs more than the meeting
A twenty-minute catch-up with a supplier in Kortrijk, a three-way call with a notary's office in northern France, a question to put to a tenant who does not speak French: organising a journey for that makes no sense, and paying for half a day makes none either.
Remotely, the meter starts at one hour and then follows real time. No journey, no travel package, no disguised minimum. What you settle matches the length of the session, and a meeting that ends early costs less.
The arrangement also opens up languages nobody practises within a hundred kilometres. The interpreter connects from wherever he lives: a pair that needed several weeks of notice in person becomes available within 48 hours.
- The meter starts at one hour, no more
- Teams, Zoom, Meet or Webex, your choice
- Technical test before the session, free
- No travel charge, no package
Where a screen is enough, and where it fails
This format has blind spots. Better to know them before booking than on the day of the session.
The journey disappears
No kilometres, no travel time, no minimum half-day. On a short session the gap with an intervention on site is considerable.
Easier to fit in
Forty-eight hours of notice is enough in most pairs, against five days or more when somebody has to be physically present.
Rare languages open up
The interpreter no longer has to live in the area. A pair that cannot be found in Picardy Wallonia becomes available because it exists elsewhere.
But not for what matters most
A hearing, a notarial deed, a mediation, a difficult conversation: somebody has to be in the room. Silences and glances do not travel through a screen.
Sound decides the session, far more than the picture does. A headset with a microphone on every participant changes everything, and it changes more than a good camera. Meeting-room ceiling microphones, by contrast, put the interpreter in trouble the moment two people answer each other. We offer ten minutes of technical testing free of charge before the session, and we advise you to take them.
Four steps and two days of notice
Booking a screen takes minutes next to organising travel, and calling it off is just as painless.
- 01
You give the slot
Date, start time, estimated duration, languages and platform. The connection link can follow later, it is not needed in order to book.
- 02
Technical test
Ten minutes with the interpreter, the day before or just beforehand: sound, microphones, screen sharing, language channels. That test is not charged to you.
- 03
The interpreter connects
He joins a few minutes ahead of the start, gives his name to the participants and sets out, in two sentences, how turns to speak will work.
- 04
Counted at real time
One hour acts as a floor. Beyond that, the count follows the actual length of the session, to the minute.
An online appointment in the next few days?
Give us the slot, the languages and the platform in use. We confirm a name and an amount within the hour.
Six commitments kept at a distance
From one hour
No half-day imposed, no disguised minimum package. A forty-minute meeting is booked and settled as such, with one hour serving as a floor.
Every platform
Teams, Zoom, Meet, Webex and in-house systems. The interpreter adapts to your tool: you install nothing and create no account.
Technical test on the house
Ten minutes before the session to check the sound, the microphones and the language channels. Incidents almost always come from skipping that test.
A wider pool
Geography no longer limits the choice of interpreter. Difficult pairs become possible again and the notice needed shortens appreciably.
The same confidentiality
The same undertaking as in person. No session is recorded on our side, and the briefing documents are deleted once the assignment is over.
No side charges
Nothing is added for travel, for equipment or for the platform. The quote carries a duration and a single line of fees.
Frequently asked questions
Can I book half an hour?
You can book it; billing starts at one hour, since below that the preparation and the technical test outlast the session itself. If you have several short interviews on the same day, group them into one slot: that is far more economical.
What if the connection drops mid-session?
The interpreter stays online and waits for the participants to come back; the interrupted time is not counted. If the session becomes unworkable we switch to a three-way telephone call, which needs almost no bandwidth and works nearly everywhere.
Is simultaneous possible without a booth?
Yes, on platforms offering separate audio channels. Participants pick their language from a menu and the programme keeps its pace. It needs two interpreters per language, as in a booth, and the technical test beforehand is not negotiable.
Our participants are in Belgium, in France and in Flanders: is that manageable?
That is exactly the case where remote work earns its keep: everyone connects from their own desk and nobody loses a morning on the road. Beyond two active languages, plan on a platform with separate channels and tell us how many people will genuinely speak.
Does it suit a medical consultation?
For routine follow-up, explaining a treatment or making an appointment, yes, and in a less widely spoken language it is often the only option. For announcing a diagnosis or a difficult conversation, ask for an interpreter in the room: some conversations are not held through a screen.
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Send us your document or your date: firm price, precise deadline, no obligation. You then decide, with everything in front of you.