The Concept of Translation and Interpretation: A Comparative Study

Abstract

This paper attempts to investigate  the role of translation and interpretation in our world today, the difference between translation and interpretation, do translators face difficulties and challenges to be professional interpreters,  what are the translators’ needs to be interpreters?.  What are the qualities and requirements of both? In fact translation and interpretation are playing a vital role in today’s world they are needed in a wide range of societies and for different purposes specially business field, different sciences, conferences and large meetings , therefore the writer of this paper would try to shed light on the importance of translation and interpretation and what are the main skills, abilities, required for each one.