The Relation between Self-esteem and Interpretation Quality

Self-esteem has been an important academic construct in education process. For translation students it is supposed that there should be a logical relation between self-esteem and the quality of interpretation. This study sought to find the relation between self- esteem and interpretation quality. To do this, 23 senior students of BA translation who passed at least 2 academic courses in interpreting were chosen. In order to homogenizing this group of participants, the Oxford Placement Test was administered and after that 17 of them were selected for the purpose of this study. Then, they were asked to answer Revised Janis-Field Feeling of Inadequacy questionnaire. Subsequently, the interpretation quality of participants was measured by a professional ratter according to items such as: accuracy, clarity, fluency, self-confidence and style. Finally, the result of self-esteem questionnaire and interpretation quality was computed. Finding of this study indicated that interpretation quality has slight relation with self-esteem. So in the case of interpreter training self-esteem should be considered as an important factor

Keywords:

Interpretation quality , interpreter training , self-esteem