Investigating Interpreters’ Professional Competence

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210121.018How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Interpreter, Professional competence, Bilingual proficiency, Interpreting skills, Cross-cultural knowledge

Abstract

With the economic and hi-tech globalization as well as the increasingly frequent exchanges between countries, the demand for high-caliber interpreters is constantly growing. This paper thus expounds the professional competence an interpreter needs, including core competence and auxiliary competence. It maintains that the core competence is comprised of bilingual proficiency, cross-cultural knowledge and skills closely related to interpreting. The auxiliary capacity consists of psychological quality, concentration and endurance as well as appropriate dressing code and presentation style. The paper primarily argues that student interpreters should have a clear understanding of the requirements of the professional competence of interpreters, so that they can become a qualified interpreter at an early date.

Copyright

© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lei Dai
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/23
TI  - Investigating Interpreters’ Professional Competence
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 86
EP  - 89
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210121.018
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210121.018
ID  - Dai2021
ER  -