How does David Buchanan manage to communicate in Samsung Lions?

 


When you watch sports games, you can often see foreign players. They energize the team and increase their competitiveness. A ‘sports interpreter’ is a person who helps foreign players adjust to their overseas life and games. So what does a sports interpreter do? The sports interpreter interprets foreign players and coaching staff, helping them to adjust to their daily life and focus on the game.

Let’s take a look at how David Andrew Buchanan adjust his daily life and build up baseball career in Korea. David Andrew Buchanan is an American professional baseball player for Samsung Lions of the KBO League. He had previously played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies and for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. After he joined Samsung Lions back in 2020, he has his personal interpreter who does tasks into season and off season.

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During off-season, David Buchanan’s interpreter handles immigration visa-related tasks. And when the season begins, he will focus on interpretation so that David can focus on the game and take on the role as a manager to help him adapt while living in Korea during the rest of the contract time.

Even after the game season is over, David Buchanan’s interpreter is with David until the last moment of departure at the airport. Because of the language and cultural barrier, it was not easy for David Buchanan to adapt alone in Korea. To play in a professional baseball team, communication is the key so if communication fails at all times, it may lead to damage not only to the player but also to the club.

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So, what are the skills do sports interpreter need? It is required to have knowledge of languages and the sports interpretation experience in the relevant sports. Accurate communication skills are also required as even a small word can have a huge impact of sports match due to miscommunication. Additionally, since a lot of foreign players are sometimes hot-tempered, it is necessary to understand their culture.



As there are more and more professional sports team around the world that include foreign players and coaching staff, the demand for sports interpreters are high. And as sports is a global event, the role of interpreters seem to be even more important.

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