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Who Is the Woman Accompanying Trump & Melania?

During the US President Donald Trump and Melania’s arrival at Ahmedabad airport, along with our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the media has also captured one more person standing beside the trio. The woman who is still unrecognisable to a few is none other than Gurdeep Chawla, an Indian American. Gurdeep Chawla currently works as an interpreter to US President Donald Trump. She accompanied the couple in their two days official trip to India, ensuring a smooth talk between the two nations.

Previously, Chawla has been seen working for prominent personalities – Former US President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Indian Prime Ministers such as VP Singh, Chandrashekar, Narasimha Rao, A.B. Vajpayee, I.K. Gujral, Manmohan Singh. Corporate giants like Pepsico, Pfizer, Amway, Kyani, and Herbalife also have taken her service. Facilitating communication for government, multinationals, medical agencies and courts, she is seen helping them comprehend agreements and thereby establish them effectively.

Dr Chawla started her career at the age of 21 when she found a vacancy at the Indian Parliament for an interpreter job. She had a desire to teach at her Alma matter St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, but with her vast knowledge of languages, she decided to take up the interpreter job. Later, she had to move to the United States in 1996 due to her husband’s transfer. Her career of 28 years now in this field has garnered colossal respect and credibility for her work.

When world leaders correspond, the role of an interpreter is huge-analysing and translating the speech, its exact meaning and emotion becomes imperative because although it is the leader who speaks, for others it is the voice of an interpreter that is heard. For Gurdeep Chawla, her experience working in the Indian Parliament gave her career a good start and appropriate training required for such a job.

Education & Family

Gurdeep Chawla holds a BA (Hons) and an MA degree in English from Stephen’s College, Delhi and also an MA degree in Political science and PhD. With American citizenship, she now resides in the vicinity of Silicon Valley, the USA with her husband and two children. A successful entrepreneur who started Indian Language Services providing a wide range of language services under several domains. When is not travelling for international conferences, she serves at the federal and state courts.

An Example for Practice Makes Perfect

To be at the zenith of what she does, she has put in a lot of efforts by interpreting several proceedings, radio shows and other programs and recorded her voice to check her interpretation accuracy. With a history in the making in the political sphere, she acknowledges that being precise and adaptive to new technologies make her job much more comfortable.

Her Skills & Dedication

Gurdeep Chawla was commended in huge appreciation when she interpreted Narendra Modi’s first speech at the United Nations General Assembly at very short notice without any prior look at the speech.

“I slept for only two hours as I had to reach the UN early. By 9 am, I was live interpreting for Modi,” she says.

Later she joined him at the Madison Square where he addressed 18000 Indians and NRIs. She believes keen focus and attention to any speech is the key to interpret it well.

She is an inspiration, and one can learn from the ways she reached to this level with practice, dedication and passion.

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Written by Sakshi Jain

Sakshi is an avid reader, enthusiast and is on her way to discover her potential. A passionate writer focused on creating and bringing better stories out in the open. Also, can cook two minutes Maggi in ten minutes.

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