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Can any bilingual person be an interpreter?

April 26, 2017Bilingual interpreter person

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Can any bilingual person be an interpreter?

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No. There is monumental difference between a bilingual person and a trained interpreter. Even the most confident bilingual speakers, native and non-native, find the skill of interpreting to be very challenging. Good interpreters are trained, not born.