Computer Aided Interpreting (CAI) for Conference Interpreters. Concepts, Content and Prospects
Computer Aided Interpreting (CAI) for Conference Interpreters. Concepts, Content and Prospects

Summary/Abstract: While specific and relatively uniform software is used in translationthroughout the industry, only a minority of interpreters today uses dedicatedsoftware for their assignments and even less during the creation of the final product,the interpretation. This is even more surprising as there are already solutionsavailable today that make it possible to considerably automate an interpretingassignment. It is argued that many interpreters refuse to use computers forinterpreting or have little idea of the possibilities of Computer Aided Interpreting(CAI) but there is also a certain confusion in literature as regards the usage of theterm “CAI”. Therefore, in the following, an overview of major developments in thisfield and a comparison with translation will be given in order to derive adifferentiated definition of the term “Computer Aided Interpreting”. Subsequently, amodel workflow will be used to demonstrate existing computer based applicationsthat allow already now to considerably automate a complete interpreting assignment.In a further step, these products will be critically evaluated. Finally, an outlook onfuture developments and trends in the field of CAI will be given. The aim of thiscontribution is to give a coherent overview of CAI and thus contribute to its betterunderstanding.

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