Abstract

Self-esteem has been an important academic construct in education process. For translation students it is ‎supposed that there should be a logical relation between self-esteem and the quality of interpretation. This ‎study sought to find the relation between self-esteem and interpretation quality. To do this, 23 senior students ‎of BA translation who passed at least 2 academic courses in interpreting were chosen. In order to ‎homogenizing this group of participants, the Oxford Placement Test was administered and after that 17 of ‎them were selected for the purpose of this study. Then, they were asked to answer Revised Janis-Field Feeling ‎of Inadequacy questionnaire. Subsequently, the interpretation quality of participants was measured by a ‎professional ratter according to items such as: accuracy, clarity, fluency, self-confidence and style. Finally, ‎the result of self-esteem questionnaire and interpretation quality was computed. Finding of this study ‎indicated that interpretation quality has slight relation with self-esteem. So in the case of interpreter training ‎self-esteem should be considered as an important factor.