Uppslagsord "Conference inteprreter" i webb-encyklopedin  ENTI (Encyclopaedia of Translation & Interpreting)

Conference interpreter is the most professionalized of the different interpreting professions. Conference interpreters work for national and international public institutions as well as for companies and organizations on the private market. A conference interpreter is a trained, multilingual professional who masters the different modes of interpreting, simultaneous and consecutive, as well as other interpreting techniques, such as sight interpreting, whispered interpreting (chuchotage) and simultaneous with text. The conference interpreters interpret from several different languages into their A-language (L1), and sometimes also from their L1 into a B-language (strong L2). This entry will give an overview of the origins, and the task of the conference interpreter. It will also briefly describe the conference interpreter training. The entry does not aim to provide a definition of the term conference interpreter, but will describe the requirements, job profile, potential employers and other job opportunities. Finally, the entry addresses research avenues focusing on the conference interpreter.