The only interpreting job I’ve ever done was for the city development folks of a town in Texas who were trying to convince a German factory owner to set up shop there. I have no interest in interpreting, really, but a plastics expert was needed for the discussion, so I thought I’d do something different that day. It was fun and much nicer than interpreting for drunks at bilingual weddings.

Your recent post about LinkedIn has got me thinking more and more about platforms like that and some of the interest groups for the local business community. I joined one on Xing ages ago that actually has meetings each week to socialize, but I haven’t made it downtown yet to enjoy one. However, my partner got involved with interest groups for dogs and hunting on those platforms recently and even found people explicitly looking for services like ours. There seems to be good stones to turn in surprising places.