Translation deals with written text, transforming the source text into an equivalent target text, while interpretation involves giving understanding through spoken language so the meaning can be easily understood by listeners. Interpretation occurs in real time through in-person, phone, or video services, whereas translation involves the written word and typically takes more time after a text is created. While translators have time to evaluate and revise for accuracy, interpreters aim to be completely accurate but may omit some details, as they interpret live conversations without reference materials.

1. TRANSLATION and
INTERPRETATION

2. Translation
• deal with written text, transforming the
source text into a comprehensible and
equivalent target text.

3. Interpretation
• giving understanding through spoken
language and the meaning can be caught
easily by the listeners.
• Interpreting can also called communication
processes as speech-centered.

4. Transferring
meaning/
message
Multilingual
language
Good in
grammatical
and
communication

5. Differences
form
media/
reference

6. Form: spoken vs. written
• Interpretation is the transference of
meaning between spoken languages,
while
• translation is the transference of meaning
between written languages.

7. Time: Real time vs delayed
• Interpreting occurs in real time. It happens
in person, on the phone, or through a
television/video service.
• Translation involves the written word, it
typically takes place long after a text is
created.

8. Accuracy: Level of accuracy
• Interpreters aim to be completely accurate,
it’s difficult to achieve in a live conversation.
They may omit some details of the original
speech as they interpret into the target
language.
• Translators have time to evaluate and revise
each word and sentence before delivering
their product, so they can achieve a greater
level of accuracy and greater fidelity to the
original.

9. Skill: reading, writing, listening
and speaking
• Translators need more on reading and
writing,
• Interpreters work more on listening and
speaking.

10. Media/reference: using or no
• Translation involves the written word. it
typically takes place long after a text is
created, which gives the translator time to
access resources (dictionaries, glossaries,
subject matter experts, etc.)
• An interpreter must be fluent enough in both
the original language and the target language
to be able to translate in both directions, on
the spot, without any reference material.

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