Exploring the potential for CAI implementation in interpreter training in Ukraine

Abstract

The article purports to assess the potential of the current European training in computer-assisted interpreting and associated technological competence development for making the corresponding technological turn in Ukraine’s tertiary interpreter education based on a narrative review. Discussed are the issues of the technological turn in interpreting and its teaching, the corresponding awareness of educators and interpreters, the role of computer-assisted interpreting (CAI) tools in interpreting activities and training, the related challenges faced by interpreters and interpreters’ training, and how Ukraine compares in this with the developments in the EU. Some problems are dwelt upon of COVID-propelled interpreting digitalization. Conclusions imply that Ukraine must undertake quickly such a technological turn not to lag behind the ongoing process of changes in interpreting and interpreter training.