Studies On Interpreters' Qualities And Their Training

With the development of China's internationalization, the demand for professional interpreters is growing up, but currently the number of professional interpreters is still far from the demand. The training of interpreters is entirely different from the training of languages and translation. It should conform to its own training methods and principles, which embody the interpreting characteristics, and equip students with the qualities a qualified interpreter possesses. In this connection, this paper firstly elaborates the features of interpreting and interpreters'qualities. Then, theories of interpreting training are systematically reviewed and introduced in this paper.Chinese research on interpreting training has just made a start and a lot of inadequacies have still existed in the actual training practice. The author put forward some tentative and detailed suggestions from such aspects as listening comprehension, memory competence, intercultural awareness of students, communicative competence and etc on how to improve the interpreting training from the perspective of interpreting characteristics and interpreters'qualities.It is gratifying to see that more and more people have devoted themselves into interpretation research and training, which will bring a bright future for interpreter training in China. I sincerely hope the efforts made by the author will contribute to the development of China's interpretation research and training.