Bilingualism, Translation and Interpreting: The perception of clients regarding the professionals they hire

• Main Authors: Ana Carolina Moura Pompeu, Patrizia Cavallo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2019-09-01
• Series: Cadernos de Tradução
• Subjects: percepção; tradução; interpretação; bilinguismo
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/traducao/article/view/58405

The purpose of this article is to investigate the perception of clients regarding the translation and/or interpreting professionals they hire. For such clients, is being bilingual enough to be a good translator and/or interpreter? The first part of this paper provides a theoretical overview of some studies on the concepts of bilingualism and others that compare the skills of professional translators and interpreters with those of untrained and/or inexperienced bilinguals, while also briefly discussing the differences between translation and interpreting. The second part describes the methodology, which involved preparing a questionnaire and sending it to companies and institutions in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), and analyzing the data obtained.