Training of community interpreters in Sweden: From helpers to professionals

Niska, Helge

doi:10.1075/btl.70.32nis

In:The Critical Link 4: Professionalisation of interpreting in the community
Edited by Cecilia Wadensjö, Birgitta Englund Dimitrova and Anna-Lena Nilsson
[Benjamins Translation Library 70] 2007
► pp. 297–310

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From helpers to professionals

Training of community interpreters in Sweden

Helge Niska

Published online: 16 May 2007

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.70.32nis

In this presentation I will first briefly describe the Swedish community interpreting scene and its historical background. Secondly, I will outline the various currently existing training opportunities for interpreters. Interpreter training, both at university level and in vocational courses, has been instrumental in developing professionalism and creating standards for quality interpreter services. The third and last part of the paper describes initiatives in promoting professionalism not only among interpreters but also among trainers of interpreters.

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