The following is a list of the terms  most frequently used and misused in the translation and interpretation industry. 

Please click the term to see a definition, comments on proper usage, and tips on how to recognize substandard translation, interpretation, and interpretation equipment providers by the words they use.

A language

Accreditation

Accredited translator

Acoustic insulation

Active language

Advertising translators

Audience

Audiovisual company

B language

Back translation

Background information

Bid

Booth

Broker

C language

Certified Court Interpreter

Certified interpreter

Certified translation     

Certified translator   

Civil law country

Common law country

Computer-aided translation

Computer-assisted translation

Conference interpretation

Conference interpreter

Conference translator   

Confidentiality

Consecutive interpretation

Consecutive interpreter

Consecutive interpreting   

Content

Convention interpreter

Convention translator

Court interpretation

Court interpreter

Desktop publishing

Dialects

Dominant language

Earbud

Earphone

Editing

Equipment

Equipment company

Equivalence

Equivalent language

Escort interpreter

Federally Certified Court Interpreter

Financial interpretation

Financial interpreter

Financial translation

Financial translator

Fixed booth

FM interpretation equipment

Form

Freelance interpreter

Freelance translator   

Globalization

Glossary   

Headphone

Headset

Idiomatic translation

Infrared interpretation equipment

International bid

Internationalization

Interpretation   

Interpretation booth

Interpretation broker

Interpretation equipment company

Interpretation team

Interpreter

Interpreter booth

Interpreter console

Interpreter control unit

Interpreter equipment

Interpreter neutrality

Interpreting

IR interpretation equipment

ISO

ISO Standards

ISO Standards for Fixed Booths

ISO Standards for Mobile Booths

Language combination

Language competence

Language pair

Language school

Legal interpretation

Legal interpreter

Legal translation

Legal translator

Literal translation   

Literary translator

Localization   

Machine translation

Medical interpretation

Medical interpreter

Medical translation

Medical translator

Mobile booth

Mobile simultaneous interpreting

Mother tongue

Multipart translation

Native language

Native language competence

Native speaker

Neutrality

Over-the-ear headset

Passive languages

Per-word rate

Project Manager

Proofreading   

Radio frequency interpretation equipment

Receiver

Relay

Revising   

RF interpretation equipment

Seminar interpretation

Seminar interpreter

Sight translation

Simultaneous interpretation

Simultaneous interpretation equipment

Simultaneous interpretation equipment company

Simultaneous interpreter

Simultaneous interpreting

Simultaneous interpreting without a booth

Simultaneous translation

Simultaneous translation equipment

Simultaneous translator

Sound

Soundproof booth

Source language   

Source text 

Sworn translator

Tabletop booth

Tabletop transmitter

Target audience

Target country

Target language   

Target readership   

Target text   

Team

Technical interpretation

Technical interpreter

Technical translation

Technical translator

Technician

Text function

Text type 

Tour guide systems

Training package

Translating

Translating competence   

Translation   

Translation agency

Translation broker

Translation company

Translation equipment

Translation Manager

Translation Project Manager

Translation purpose

Translation style

Translation type

Translator 

Translator equipment

Translator neutrality

Translators equipment

Translators systems

Transmitter

Videoconference

Visibility

voiceover

Whisper interpretation

Whispering interpreting   

Wireless equipment

Wireless interpretation equipment

Wireless interpreting

Wireless receiver

Wireless simultaneous interpretation equipment

Wireless translation equipment

Wireless transmitter

Word count

Word-for-word translation