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qualities 

ofinterpreterdecidethe 

possibility 

fluencyofthecommunication.Whatarethenecessaryqualitiesthatmakeagood 

interpreter?

Firstly, 

inordertogettheanswer,wehavetounderstandthenatureofworksofa 

general 

interpreter.

Theworkofa 

interpreteristoreproduceorallyinanotherlanguagewhathasjustbeensaid. 

to 

putinanotherway,itisoraltranslationonthespot.

therefore, 

requirementsarisefromthespecial 

natureofinterpretation. 

Some 

interpreters 

havesummarizedtherequirementsofinterpretationas“accurate,quickandsmooth”.

FromtheabovewecanseethattobeinterpreterbutfortheTCMinterpreterneedsmorespecial 

qualities.These 

qualitiesareessential 

topossessbeforebeginning 

interpreterpreparation:

1）A 

goodcommandof 

English 

Chinese

Obviously,acorrectunderstandingandreproductionofthespeaker’sof 

differentlanguagesintheircommunication. 

achieveaccuracyininterpretation,aninterpretermustcomprehendcorrectlyinthefirstplace. 

together 

withsmoothreproduction,itisnotdifficulttoseethatagoodcommandof 

english（orotherlanguages）and 

chinese 

istheprerequisitecondition. 

a 

clearpronunciationandintonationarecrucialforaninterpreter. 

however,theachievementofspeedneedsspecialtraining.

2） 

Basicmedicalknowledge

Medical 

knowledgeisasimportantasthecommandoflanguages. 

medicaltranslatorneedstohavein-depthmedicalknowledgetobeabletonotonlyunderstandwhatthecontentsmeanandrenderthemcorrectlyintothetargetlanguage,butalsohaveanexcellentcomprehensionandcommandofthespecializedmedicalterminologiesof 

field.

3） 

Flexibility

Duringinterpretationwillmeetsomedifficultsituationsandatthistimeneedtheinterpreter 

hashighconcentrationandquickreaction.

4） 

ExcellentRecall/MemorySkills

Oneofthedifficulties 

ininterpretation 

liesinmemory. 

Manystudentscomplainthattheycannotrememberwhathasjustbeensaid. 

here,note-takingmayhelp. 

Note-takingservesasan 

aidtomemoryonthespot. 

Youdo 

nothaveto 

takedowneveryword 

beingspokenwhichisbothimpossibleandunnecessary. 

Youonlyneedtotakedownthekeyworkswhichrepresentthemainideasandofcourse,numbersandfigures. 

Your 

notemusthaveaclearpresentationorpatternwhichindicatesthelogicaldevelopmentofthespeaker’sideas. 

Thisisimportantbecauseitwillhelpyourinterpretationsensibleandcoherent. 

Besides,symbols,abbreviationsanddiagramsmayalsobeusedtomakeyournote-takingfaster.

5） 

GoodPhysicalandMentalHealth

Sometimes 

theinterpreterneedstostandandinterpretforalongtimesothegoodphysicalandmentalhealthisveryimportant.

6） 

ReliabilityandIntegrity

Goodmannersandastrongsenseofresponsibilityarealsonecessaryqualitiesofaninterpreter.