1st Edition
Developing Professional Expertise in Translation and Interpreting A Pragmatic Approach to Occupational Challenges
Table of contents:
Introduction
1. The need to define and promote the concept of professional expertise in translation and interpreting
2. Misunderstandings surrounding professional competencies in translation and interpreting
3. The role of professional translators and interpreters in communication
4. Cultural sensitivity as a professional requirement
5. Purpose of the text as a professional guideline
6. Service provider’s professional image
6.1 E-mail contacts
6.2 Phone contacts
6.3 Face-to-face communication
6.4 Rules of interaction
7. Tendency to blame the translator as a risk to professional behaviour
7.1 Context limitations
7.2 Participants of the communication
7.3 Linguistic problems
7.4 Sense of the message
7.5 The channel’s limitations
8. Accuracy as a part of professional expertise
9. New technologies and their influence on the profession
Final reflections on developing and promoting professional expertise
Biography
Katarzyna Kruk-Junger teaches translation and interpreting at the University of Silesia, Poland. Her interest in professional expertise in translation and interpreting was sparked by the experience gained working as a community interpreter in Ireland. After obtaining a PhD, she became a lecturer, adapting existing translation and interpreting curricula to the realities of the translation and interpreting markets.
