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QUIROZ HERRERA, Gabriel; GOMEZ HERNANDEZ, Norman Darío  e  ZULUAGA MOLINA, Juan Felipe. General Overview of Sworn Translators and Interpreters in Colombia. Núcleo [online]. 2013, vol.25, n.30, pp.165-203. ISSN 0798-9784.

This paper shows an overview of sworn translators and interpreters in Colombia. In that sense, we want to know what the social, professional and legal status of such translators and interpreters is in order to work in this country. To do so, we draw upon the partial results of the research project called "El estatus social y legal del traductor en Colombia" ("The social and legal status of the translator in Colombia"), by Quiroz, Gómez, Lainez, Zuluaga & Ortiz (2011). Information was obtained by means of a survey conducted on 132 Colombian translators (or foreign translators living in Colombia), from which responses of 38 translators involved in legal translation were extracted. Similarly, data from the Examination Board for Sworn Translators and Interpreters (ETIO), at the University of Antioquia, and from the National Directory of Sworn Translators and Interpreters (at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) are shown. A brief review and analysis of the Colombian law regarding sworn translation is also included. For this discussion, authors from regions different to Colombia have been reviewed, since the subject under study has never been discussed from an academic perspective in Colombia. To finish, we present some conclusions from the analysis and reviews above.

Palavras-chave : translation; sworn translation in Colombia; translator and interpreter’s profile; translator’s status; professional issues in translation.

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