1. The activity of interpreting could be traced back to Akkadian,
the ancient Semitic Language of Assyria and Babylonia around
1900 BC.
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2. The English Word ‘interpreter’, in contrast, is derived from
Latin interpres
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3. The English Word ‘interpreter’ (in the sense of ‘expounder’)
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4. What distinguishes interpreting from other types of
‘translational activity is its immediacy.
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5. Interpreting is ‘the oral rendering of spoken message’
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