Chuchotage is a type of interpreting used when only one foreign language is needed for no more than two listeners. Chuchotage, or whispered interpreting, can be used in a wide variety of situations. As a rule, special equipment is not required, although a mobile radio guide interpreting system, for example, can sometimes be very useful. Mobility is the key advantage of this type of interpreting.
Whispered interpreting or chuchotage is a kind of interpreting where a specialist interprets for one or two people into just one language. Sitting or standing directly beside you, interpreters whisper the translation of what is being said into your ear as the speaker is speaking. When using whispered interpreting, a number of problems associated with noise factors and the working environment arise. The voice of the interpreter may distract other participants or they may not be able to hear everything that the speaker says. One solution to these problems is to use a mobile radio guide system for simultaneous interpreting. This provides almost the same functions and features as interpreting booths, except that, during such simultaneous interpreting, the interpreter is not in a special interpreter booth, but in the hall, alongside all the participants for whom whispered interpreting is being provided. The interpreter quietly interprets into a buttonhole or headband microphone, and the participants hear the chuchotage interpreting through headphones.
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