If your business needs to be introduced to the global market, establishing seamless communication between your company and your clients or audience is of very high importance today. One way of keeping both parties on the same page is by utilising a professional interpreter’s language expertise.
In light of this, hiring the right professional interpretation services can have a huge impact on your brand image and cultivate cultural exchange, as well as a good relationship with your foreign clients. Read on to find out the key qualities every professional interpreter must have.
Accreditation
Interpreters must have acquired certification or accreditation from a reputable interpretation institution. This is to ensure that apart from having a better grasp on language requirements, they would also be sufficiently knowledgeable about the interpretation codes of ethics.
Astounding language skills
The most obvious and important quality interpreters should have is an accomplished comprehension of the language they interpret. In addition to this, they must have efficient intuitive skills in order to interpret idioms, nuance and metaphors to the correct message and meaning.
Specialty knowledge
Apart from being a multilingual speaker, professional interpreters need to have specialised knowledge in a certain area as they typically have to work in a specific industry or field such as the life science, legal, business or technology sectors.
Excellent concentration and memory
Interpreters must have superb concentration as well as short and medium term memory as they will have to listen, understand and interpret conversations, all in real time.
Cultural competence
In order to relay a message correctly, interpreters must have a strong grasp on cultural norms. They should be able to determine certain nonverbal cues or customs that are specific to a particular group of people or geographical place.
If you are in the life science or technology sector, Bath Translations can provide you with interpreting services in all the major languages. We take pride in our professional interpreters who have at least 3 years of experience working as specialist interpreters in their fields, ready to support you at business meetings, conferences, trade fairs, science and technology fairs and other events, at home or abroad. Interested? Send us an email at julia@bathtranslations.co.uk or give us a call on 01985 250074.