An overall description about the ancient and primary civilisations, pointing out the rollplay interpreters acted at that times.

1. RAUL MENDEZ MARQUEZ
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANGELES DE PUEBLA
RUTH XICOHTENCATL
INTERPRETING IN ANTIQUITY

5. Ancient Egypt
Egipcian boys were
handed over to
Hellenic settlers in
the Nile Delta
So that they could
learn the Greek
lenguaje.
These, Herodotus
suggests…
That these boys
were the first
recruits….
in became the first
class interpreters.
Instead of having
foreigners learning
Egyptian, this King
had egyptians
acquire a foreing
languaje

10. Clemens of Alexandria,
the first Christian scholar.
He declared that God
had no need of an
interpreter in order to
express his will.
Derived from the
practical example of
interpreting and
traslating in the
synagogue
Comes out the
problema of
languaje in religious
service, after have
left the synagogue.
The person versed in
languajes gained
importance when
spreading the faith
among the heathen.