국내 아-한, 한-아 커뮤니티통역 현황과 교육과정 연구

Study on the current status and curriculum of Arabic-Korean and Korean-Arabic community interpretation in Korea

This study investigates the current status of the Arabic-Korean and the Korean-Arabic communities interpreting in Korea and examines the curriculum available to community interpreters. Recently, the demand for community interpreters has increased significantly owing to the increase in the number of patients from Gulf countries, Yemeni refugees, Arab tourists, and Arab residents in Korea. Moreover, the demand for medical and judicial services and tourism interpreting reached the highest level in 2019. Although the demand has declined due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the international community is undertaking measures to end the pandemic, and the research on community interpreting shows that there will be a place for such services during preparation for the post-COVID-19 era. In particular, since the interpreting curriculum for bachelor’s and master’s courses is concentrated on conference interpreting, it is necessary to improve the curriculum so that it meets the needs of community interpreting. Therefore, this study investigates the current status of community interpreting over the past 10 years, analyzes the community interpreting curriculum operated by universities, graduate schools, and government agencies, and suggests the possible future direction of the curriculum for community interpreting.