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The Evolving Curriculum in Interpreter and Translator Education: Stakeholder perspectives and voices
Edited by David B. Sawyer, Frank Austermühl and Vanessa Enríquez Raído
[American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series XIX] 2019
► pp. 343–368

The contribution of institutional recruiters to interpreter training

Getting the balance right

Conference interpreting has come into its own as a profession since the 1940s, with the emergence of a rich, often multilingual institutional framework as a source of employment and of university-based training programs. Direct recruiters in the major international and regional organizations are usually interpreters. These organizations often engage in training: the two communities overlap to a large extent. From the outset there has been close cooperation which has tended to take on more diversified forms since the 1990s. This model has shaped the profession’s self-perception, structure and management. It has contributed to training autonomy within university structures and has given recruiters a significant role.

Article outline
  • Introduction
  • The early days
    • Training and power
    • Training in the post-war institutional framework
  • Training for the new profession
    • The shift to universities
    • Institutional recruiters step up
    • New forms of involvement
      • Intensification of university training
      • Closing the gap
    • Recruiter-sponsored networks and consortia
  • The case for (or against) recruiter involvement: Reasons and tensions
    • A highly fragmented profession
    • The vulnerabilities of university training
    • Motivating staff interpreters
    • Tensions
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 18 June 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ata.xix.16don
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