What is the difference between an interpreter and a transliterator?
An interpreter is an individual that conveys the message between two different languages such as from English to Spanish or French to Japanese or from English to American Sign Language. A transliterator works within the same language and conveys the message from one mode of the language to another such as from spoken English to one of the manually coded English systems. Some individuals are able to offer their services both as an interpreter and transliterator while other individuals are either skilled in one or the other.
