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Nowadays many people know foreign languages.

There is a question is it enough to know foreign language well for working as an interpreter.

To my mind, it is not enough.

Firstly, I believe that an interpreter is to have special personal qualities.

He or she should be very communicative, concentrated, attentive and responsible.

Secondly, a person who would like to work as an interpreter has to finish a course of study foreign languages at the university and get a qualification.

What is more, an interpreter should have a lot of practice in instantaneous speech translation.

But other people have a different opinion concerning this problem.

They are sure that if a person speaks a foreign language fluently, he or she has all the necessary skills for interpretation and this person is able to start conversation at any moment.

I totally disagree with this opinion.

I am sure that a business interpretation by a person without any language education is absolutely useless and substandard.

Moreover, a shy uncommunicative man with poor diction is not able to do a high-quality interpretation.

In conclusion, I would like to stress that person who wants to work as an interpreter must have both personal qualities and professional qualities or knowledge in addition to fluent speaking.