COMMUNITY INTERPRETING: FEATURES OF INTEGRATION INTO COMMUNICATION SPACE OF MEDICAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

In modern society, there exists an increased need for interpreters capable of performing quality professionally oriented translation in vitally important situations within various social sectors. However, the status of community interpreting, within the framework of which this kind of activity is carried out, has not been finally determined yet, there are no educational plans and programs of the training for community interpreters. The article reveals translatological and cultural features of community interpreting in the social sphere of medical discourse, as well as to introduce the main didactic principles and develop methods for training specialists who have the facility for bilingual translation and are capable of making appropriate translational decisions.