AUTHOR=Guo Ning , Muurlink Olav , Doyle Shane TITLE=The cultural context of training: the case of the interpreter in China and Australia JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education VOLUME=8 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1146145 DOI=10.3389/feduc.2023.1146145 ISSN=2504-284X ABSTRACT=

China and Australia differ markedly in cultural and social context, the demands placed on interpreters, and the training provided to interpreters to prepare them for professional duties. This paper aims to explore China and Australia’s translation and interpreting (T&I) training programs to elaborate on the “goodness of fit” of training and demonstrates how both the pragmatic and cultural context of interpreting (in both nations) explains anomalies in their training approaches.