YOG: The Interim
August 24th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Today’s the 24th of August; the 2010 Youth Olympic Games officially end on Thursday, the 26th. I’m already feeling nostalgic about its imminent end. I must admit to wishing that they lasted more than just two weeks.
But to hell with all this romanticising; denial and sentimentality never prevailed over inevitability and nothing will change this time.
I have so much to say about my experiences during these weeks. Being part of the Language Services team for these Youth Olympic Games has been one of the very best experiences of my nineteen + years of life and whatever fears and insecurities I might have had prior to the commencement of my duties as an interpreter have been washed away by the infectious joviality, liveliness and drive of my supervisors, my fellow interpreters and my new friends from all over the world – in a completely non-hyperbolic sense of the phrase.
Tomorrow I head out to Marina Barrage for what might be my last outing as a French and German interpreter this August. I will soak every moment of it up.
