<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper examines translator training programmes in Hungary and the USA. Programmes operated by different institutions reveal greater differences of structure and content in the US than in Hungary. Most US programmes offer training in Spanish-English translation/interpreting, with a number of European and Asian languages also available, whereas in Hungary the dominant foreign languages are English and German, with other languages having a relatively marginal role. The number of training programmes, relative to economic needs, seems adequate in Hungary, while in the US there are far fewer than would be needed, in view of employment growth projections</p></abstract>

This paper examines translator training programmes in Hungary and the USA. Programmes operated by different institutions reveal greater differences of structure and content in the US than in Hungary. Most US programmes offer training in Spanish-English translation/interpreting, with a number of European and Asian languages also available, whereas in Hungary the dominant foreign languages are English and German, with other languages having a relatively marginal role. The number of training programmes, relative to economic needs, seems adequate in Hungary, while in the US there are far fewer than would be needed, in view of employment growth projections

Translator Training Programmes in Hungary and the United States of America

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This paper examines translator training programmes in Hungary and the USA. Programmes operated by different institutions reveal greater differences of...

Translator Training Programmes in Hungary and the United States of America

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 81 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0010

Keywords
translation and interpreting profession, translation studies, translator training, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Translator Training Programmes in Hungary and the United States of America

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Page range: 81 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0010

Keywordstranslation and interpreting profession, translation studies, translator training, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
translation and interpreting profession, translation studies, translator training, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes