Jan Rausch 🦁🐝

@interrausch.bsky.social

Conference & Business Interpreter | English ↔️ German ⬅️ French | AIIC, VKD-Senior, MITI | EPO-accredited | All things #1nt | Bonn & Manchester | www.interrausch.com

% of days worked as of today #1nt UK 41.0% Germany 16.9% Belgium 9.7% France 5.1% Italy 4.8% Spain 4.7% Netherlands 3.9% Switzerland 3.9% Portugal 3.0% Czechia 1.7% Sweden 1.4% Ireland 1.1% Austria 0.6% Greece 0.4% Serbia 0.4% Latvia 0.3% Poland 0.3% UAE 0.3% Brazil 0.1% Denmark 0.1% Mauritius 0.1%

Towns & cities per country I've interpreted in #1nt UK 63 (England 54, Scotland 8, NI 1) Germany 33 Italy 9 Netherlands 7 Spain 7 Sweden 5 France 4 Portugal 4 Belgium 3 Czechia 2 Ireland (excluding NI) 2 Switzerland 2 Austria 1 Brazil 1 Denmark 1 Greece 1 Latvia 1 Mauritius 1 Poland 1 Serbia 1 UAE 1

Breaking news! Germany 🇩🇪 is the first country in the world to make it a punishable offence to spread lies and ask, suggest, insinuate, or otherwise tell a translator they would soon be replaced by AI. The new law will be implemented as from 1st April 2026, 18.00 German daylight saving time. #xl8

Picture of a German police officer (shown from the back) standing in front of a police car wearing a bullet proof vest with the wording "Polizei".

Excited to announce that I can now call myself Official Interpreter of the Grand Lodge of England. I'm humbled and most grateful to all fellow freemasons and colleagues who've helped make this dream come true. You know who you are. ⚒️📐❤️ #1nt

"In 1198, Pope Innocent III issued a decree that deaf people should be able to get married by making their vows in sign language." Lovely tale, & reminder these were NOT "Dark Ages", but time of innovation & care like any other: #Unlearn #DisabilityStudies theconversation.com/the-deaf-bla...

The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language

The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.

theconversation.com