The following is a list of the terms most frequently used and misused in the translation and interpretation industry.
Under the appropriate misused term, we have included comments on proper usage and tips on how to recognize substandard translation, interpretation, and interpretation equipment providers by the words they use.
A language
Accreditation
Accredited translator
Acoustic insulation
Active language
Advertising translators
Audience
Audiovisual company
B language
Back translation
Background information
Bid
Booth
Broker
C language
Certified Court Interpreter
Certified interpreter
Certified translation
Certified translator
Civil law country
Common law country
Computer-aided translation
Computer-assisted translation
Conference interpretation
Conference interpreter
Conference translator
Confidentiality
Consecutive interpretation
Consecutive interpreter
Consecutive interpreting
Content
Convention interpreter
Convention translator
Court interpretation
Court interpreter
Desktop publishing
Dialects
Dominant language
Earbud
Earphone
Editing
Equipment
Equipment company
Equivalence
Equivalent language
Escort interpreter
Federally Certified Court Interpreter
Financial interpretation
Financial interpreter
Financial translation
Financial translator
Fixed booth
FM interpretation equipment
Form
Freelance interpreter
Freelance translator
Globalization
Glossary
Headphone
Headset
Idiomatic translation
Infrared interpretation equipment
International bid
Internationalization
Interpretation
Interpretation booth
Interpretation broker
Interpretation equipment company
Interpretation team
Interpreter
Interpreter booth
Interpreter console
Interpreter control unit
Interpreter equipment
Interpreter neutrality
Interpreting
IR interpretation equipment
ISO
ISO Standards
ISO Standards for Fixed Booths
ISO Standards for Mobile Booths
Language combination
Language competence
Language pair
Language school
Legal interpretation
Legal interpreter
Legal translation
Legal translator
Literal translation
Literary translator
Localization
Machine translation
Medical interpretation
Medical interpreter
Medical translation
Medical translator
Mobile booth
Mobile simultaneous interpreting
Mother tongue
Multipart translation
Native language
Native language competence
Native speaker
Neutrality
Over-the-ear headset
Passive languages
Per-word rate
Project Manager
Proofreading
Radio frequency interpretation equipment
Receiver
Relay
Revising
RF interpretation equipment
Seminar interpretation
Seminar interpreter
Sight translation
Simultaneous interpretation
Simultaneous interpretation equipment
Simultaneous interpretation equipment company
Simultaneous interpreter
Simultaneous interpreting
Simultaneous interpreting without a booth
Simultaneous translation
Simultaneous translation equipment
Simultaneous translator
Sound
Soundproof booth
Source language
Source text
Sworn translator
Tabletop booth
Tabletop transmitter
Target audience
Target country
Target language
Target readership
Target text
Team
Technical interpretation
Technical interpreter
Technical translation
Technical translator
Technician
Text function
Text type
Tour guide systems
Training package
Translating
Translating competence
Translation
Translation agency
Translation broker
Translation company
Translation equipment
Translation Manager
Translation Project Manager
Translation purpose
Translation style
Translation type
Translator
Translator equipment
Translator neutrality
Translators equipment
Translators systems
Transmitter
Videoconference
Visibility
voiceover
Whisper interpretation
Whispering interpreting
Wireless equipment
Wireless interpretation equipment
Wireless interpreting
Wireless receiver
Wireless simultaneous interpretation equipment
Wireless translation equipment
Wireless transmitter
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Glossary of Translation Industry Terms
