{"id":1741,"date":"2019-05-10T18:09:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T22:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2020-12-28T18:28:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T23:28:23","slug":"002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/2019\/05\/10\/002\/","title":{"rendered":"#002: My True Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As crazy as this might sound, I live to work. I love, love, love my work.<\/p>

I love meeting new people every day. The only downside of that is that sometimes our paths cross again in a few years, and often I don\u2019t recognize them. Way too many people to remember!<\/p>

It is thrilling to see charismatic lawyers fighting tough, arguing so aggressively in court. I enjoy listening to their well-articulated arguments.<\/p>

I constantly get to practice and improve my interpreting skills. The other day, the judge read her judgment for almost 3.5 hours. Sometimes, judges or lawyers read at a speed that is humanly impossible to catch up, so I have to politely ask\/beg them to please slow down. If I didn\u2019t interrupt, that would be a huge disservice to the person I interpreted for.<\/p>

At times, I have to sleep at least 9 to 10 hours to recover from my intense interpreting experiences. My brain just requires so much sleep afterward, so I allow myself to sleep and recover.<\/p>

I feel my life has a purpose when I help people understand everything that is being said, and (as clich\u00e9 as it might sound)\u00a0when I create a world with no language barriers. I feel most rewarded when my people are not disadvantaged in any way because of the language barrier that may be crippling them.\u00a0<\/p>

People always thank me afterward. I have to admit, I’m addicted to these feelings. Nothing feels as good as that!<\/p>

My work has taught me not to judge people, even if they smeared feces onto someone\u2019s face out of anger (this is a true story). They still have the right to understand everything that is being said. My obligations stay the same no matter what.<\/p>

I often go to places not knowing who I am going to meet that day, or what the subject matter is going to be. It is a surprise every single day. I love and hate that aspect of my work.<\/p>

I am always travelling. On any ordinary day, I get to walk into different worlds, so my day is never ordinary. It is a true privilege to be able to enter people\u2019s lives. I get to learn every intimate detail about their lives. I experience more than a person could ever experience in their lifetime. I don\u2019t know what else is more fun, more real, and more exciting.<\/p>

This is my true calling.<\/p>

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As crazy as this might sound, I live to work. I love, love, love my work. I love meeting new people every day. The only downside of that is that sometimes our paths cross again in a few years, and often I don\u2019t recognize them. Way too many people to remember! It is thrilling to … \uc790\uc138\ud788 \uc54c\uc544\ubcf4\uae30<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-journal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1741"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3057,"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1741\/revisions\/3057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koreaninterpreter.ca\/ko\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}