S01E27: Resilient Interpreting Companies and Innovation

Kevin McQuire is the president of Atlas Language Service. On this episde of the Translation Company Talk podcast, he explains how he found himself in this industry by accident and to this day he credits his mentor, Luis Echeverri for helping him navigate his way in the interpreting world. He has been leading his organization to provide interpreting services to 14 world leaders as well as the Pope.

COVID-19 has been devastating for almost all industries, but the onsite interpreting industry has suffered more than a lot others. Kevin talks about the challenges that his company has been enduring the past few months because the work dried out from the onsite events. He discusses how the largest revenue stream for his company changed overnight, and despite a diversified portfolio of services, the impact was significant. We talk about how Kevin lead a self-reinvention initiative by introducing Remote Simultaneous Interpreting as an alternative despite investing heavily in onsite interpreting equipment. Among other topics, Kevin discusses what the customers and interpreters are going through, what leading as an entrepreneur means during these tough times and how he manages stress.

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