L'interpretazione consecutiva segue l'intervento.

L' is the shortened form of the definite article lo or la before a word that begins with a vowel.

In this sentence:

• l'interpretazione = the interpretation / the interpreting
• l'intervento = the intervention / the speech / the address

More specifically:

• interpretazione is feminine, so the full article is la
• intervento is masculine, so the full article is lo in this contracted form before a vowel

So:

• la interpretazione becomes l'interpretazione
• lo intervento becomes l'intervento

In practice, you just learn l' as the form used before vowels.

In Italian, adjectives usually come after the noun, unlike in English where they often come before it.

So:

• interpretazione consecutiva = consecutive interpreting
• literally: interpretation consecutive

This is the normal word order in Italian for many descriptive adjectives.

It refers to consecutive interpreting, a type of interpreting where the speaker talks first and the interpreter speaks afterward, usually in segments.

So interpretazione consecutiva is a fixed expression in interpreting and translation contexts.

It is different from:

• interpretazione simultanea = simultaneous interpreting

Segue means follows.

It comes from the verb seguire = to follow.

In this sentence:

• segue = he/she/it follows

Since the subject is l'interpretazione consecutiva (a singular thing), English translates it as follows.

Segue is in the present indicative.

The verb seguire is conjugated like this in the present:

• io seguo = I follow
• tu segui = you follow
• lui/lei segue = he/she follows
• noi seguiamo = we follow
• voi seguite = you all follow
• loro seguono = they follow

So in the sentence, segue matches the singular subject l'interpretazione consecutiva.

Because the idea of after is already built into the verb seguire.

• seguire qualcosa = to follow something

So:

• L'interpretazione consecutiva segue l'intervento
• literally: Consecutive interpreting follows the speech

Italian does not need an extra word like dopo here.

Not usually in the everyday English sense of intervention.

In formal Italian, intervento often means:

• a speech
• a talk
• a contribution
• a speaker's intervention/remarks

So in this context, l'intervento is probably:

• the speech
• the speaker's remarks
• the address

Even though intervento looks like English intervention, the meaning here is broader and more context-dependent.

Because the sentence is talking about two general singular events or units:

• l'interpretazione consecutiva = the act/type of consecutive interpreting
• l'intervento = the speech / the speaker's turn

Italian often uses the singular in this kind of formal or general statement.

Italian usually uses definite articles more often than English does, especially with nouns used in a general or specific formal sense.

So:

• L'interpretazione consecutiva sounds natural
• l'intervento also sounds natural

Leaving out the articles would sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Italian.

Segue is pronounced roughly like SEH-gweh.

Important points:

• the gu in segue is pronounced
• it is not like the English word segue pronounced SEG-way
• in Italian, the final e is also pronounced

So it sounds approximately like:

• SEH-gweh

It can be, especially in formal or technical contexts, but Italian also often uses:

• interpretariato = interpreting / interpretation services

Depending on context, you may see:

• interpretazione consecutiva
• interpretariato consecutivo

Both can appear, though interpretazione consecutiva is perfectly natural in many contexts.

You would switch the subject and object:

• L'intervento segue l'interpretazione consecutiva.

Now:

• L'intervento = subject
• segue = follows
• l'interpretazione consecutiva = object

Word order matters here because Italian is using normal subject-verb-object structure.