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Publication details [#12193]

Weber, Wilhelm K. 1990. The importance of sight translation in an interpreter training program. In Bowen, David and Margareta Bowen, eds. Interpreting: yesterday, today, and tomorrow (American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series 4). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 44–52.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

consecutive interpreting | interpreter training | sight interpreting | sight translation | simultaneous interpreting

Abstract

The article deals with the role of sight translation in the training of conference interpreters. The author explains the term sight translation and discusses the use of sight translation in preparing for a conference, sight translation in consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, and the importance and role of sight translation in interpreter training.

Source : A. Matthyssen