Bridging the Gap: Requirements of International Organizations and their Implications for the Training of Language Professionals

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Target-International Journal of Translation Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.3726/jts012022.6

Zhimiao Yang, Ailing Zhang, Zhuguo Li, Ning Ding

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Abstract The International Annual Meeting on Language Arrangements, Documentation and Publications (IAMLADP), a mechanism that brings together international organizations (IOs), is led by the United Nations and addresses such functions as the organization and management of language services, publications and conferences. This study uses the R Project for Statistical Computing to collect and analyse the discourse patterns of job descriptions issued by IAMLADP members for their job vacancies for language professionals, including interpreters, translators, revisers, editors and verbatim reporters. We also make recommendations regarding the interaction between IOs and universities in training qualified language professionals. Our finding was that, among the six UN official languages, English and French language skills are still most frequently required by IAMLADP organizations. In addition, this study identifies the competencies, level of education and years of working experience most frequently required of job applicants. Therefore, it aims to provide some insights into job requirements of IAMLADP organizations, and to inspire universities to adapt their training programs accordingly.

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弥合差距:国际组织的要求及其对语言专业人员培训的影响

语文安排、文件和出版物国际年会由联合国领导，是一个汇集各国际组织的机制，处理语文事务、出版物和会议的组织和管理等职能。本研究使用统计计算的R项目来收集和分析IAMLADP成员对其语言专业人员职位空缺的职位描述的话语模式，包括口译员、笔译员、审校员、编辑和逐字记录员。我们还就国际语言组织与大学在培养合格语言专业人员方面的互动提出建议。我们的发现是，在联合国的六种正式语文中，英语和法语仍然是拉丁美洲和拉丁美洲发展计划组织最常要求的语言技能。此外，本研究还确定了应聘者最常要求的能力、教育水平和工作经验年数。因此，本文旨在为IAMLADP组织的工作需求提供一些见解，并激励大学相应地调整其培训计划。

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期刊介绍： Target promotes the scholarly study of translational phenomena from any part of the world and welcomes submissions of an interdisciplinary nature. The journal"s focus is on research on the theory, history, culture and sociology of translation and on the description and pedagogy that underpin and interact with these foci. We welcome contributions that report on empirical studies as well as speculative and applied studies. We do not publish papers on purely practical matters, and prospective contributors are advised not to submit masters theses in their raw state.