{"id":553,"date":"2018-09-26T13:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/"},"modified":"2019-05-23T09:30:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T09:30:58","slug":"vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/","title":{"rendered":"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 homepageblok nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>It is sometimes said that anyone who speaks two languages can work as a professional interpreter. But reality tells a different story. There\u2019s a lot involved when it comes to being a professional interpreter. There are many specific requirements an interpreter has to meet. We explain five factors below that are important for interpreters:<\/p>\n<h2>1. Neutrality<\/h2>\n<p>An interpreter has to translate exactly what is being said. As an interpreter, you cannot edit, change or add anything to what is being said; the message has to be exactly what was said. One of the consequences in this context is that interpreters cannot be biased. This also applies to when sensitive topics are being discussed and the interpreter disagrees with what is being stated. The interpreter is prohibited from wording the information differently or being judgemental. The interpreter\u2019s sole function is to make sure parties can communicate with each other. Interpreters keep their opinions to themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Integrity<\/h2>\n<p>Trust is important. This is because an interpreter is frequently exposed to sensitive information and plays a special role in discussions and meetings. The interpreter regularly receives information on court cases, medical files, or corporate operational results that must remain confidential. That is why it is of prime importance that an interpreter never divulges this information, and sometimes interpreters will be asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Accuracy<\/h2>\n<p>Accuracy is of crucial importance for correctly conveying the message. This begins with listening carefully. If interpreters hear a great deal of information, they often take notes. By doing this, the interpreter doesn\u2019t overlook any important details and accurately conveys the narrative. This is done by speaking clearly and articulately.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Speed<\/h2>\n<p>Interpreters have to be able to think fast on their feet. Simultaneous interpreters in particular have to listen and then rapidly translate and speak the words they\u2019ve just heard. That\u2019s why simultaneous interpreters are called the ultimate multitaskers. They\u2019re good at anticipating; many interpreters can even predict what is going to be said. This is a special skill.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Professionalism<\/h2>\n<p>Interpreters are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/kwaliteit\/\">experts<\/a> in what they do: they know just how to translate and convey not just the client\u2019s words, but the message and sentiment as well. This makes them quintessential professionals in the field of multilingual communication. Professionalism also means being thoroughly prepared; only a well-prepared interpreter can provide the best service. And an interpreter is always punctual and dressed appropriately for the occasion: a true professional.<\/p>\n<h2>Experts<\/h2>\n<p>HearHear has a database of interpreters who possess the abovementioned quality attributes. Are you also looking for the best interpreter for your event? Then don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/contact\/\">contact<\/a> the HearHear team.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Five quality attributes of a good interpreter - HearHear<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter - HearHear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HearHear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-26T13:53:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-05-23T09:30:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Powerling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Powerling\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Powerling\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e2e63120b457bcdea5aebaee1a879c95\"},\"headline\":\"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-26T13:53:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-23T09:30:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":642,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter - HearHear\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-26T13:53:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-23T09:30:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e2e63120b457bcdea5aebaee1a879c95\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":512},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/\",\"name\":\"HearHear\",\"description\":\"Tolken van betekenis\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hearheartolken.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e2e63120b457bcdea5aebaee1a879c95\",\"name\":\"Powerling\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b386e041f51a602a96bba0e2efbcfbc187d2a37f8e13d119f695f547e8ff384c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b386e041f51a602a96bba0e2efbcfbc187d2a37f8e13d119f695f547e8ff384c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b386e041f51a602a96bba0e2efbcfbc187d2a37f8e13d119f695f547e8ff384c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Powerling\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter - HearHear","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter - HearHear","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/","og_site_name":"HearHear","article_published_time":"2018-09-26T13:53:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-05-23T09:30:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Powerling","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Powerling","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/"},"author":{"name":"Powerling","@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/e2e63120b457bcdea5aebaee1a879c95"},"headline":"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter","datePublished":"2018-09-26T13:53:36+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-23T09:30:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/"},"wordCount":642,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/","name":"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter - HearHear","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg","datePublished":"2018-09-26T13:53:36+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-23T09:30:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/e2e63120b457bcdea5aebaee1a879c95"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/blue-1127967_1920-e1537970319723.jpg","width":1024,"height":512},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/vijf-kwaliteitskenmerken-van-een-goede-tolk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Five quality attributes of a good interpreter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/","name":"HearHear","description":"Tolken van betekenis","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/e2e63120b457bcdea5aebaee1a879c95","name":"Powerling","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b386e041f51a602a96bba0e2efbcfbc187d2a37f8e13d119f695f547e8ff384c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b386e041f51a602a96bba0e2efbcfbc187d2a37f8e13d119f695f547e8ff384c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b386e041f51a602a96bba0e2efbcfbc187d2a37f8e13d119f695f547e8ff384c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Powerling"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hearheartolken.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}