译员

譯員

yìyuán

noun #31,050

Measure Word

一位译员 wèi

Meanings

1 interpreter (esp. oral)
2 translator

Characters

to translate; to interpret

member; person (in a profession)

Examples

会议请了一位同声传译译员。

Huìyì qǐng le yí wèi tóngshēng chuányì yìyuán.

The conference hired a simultaneous-interpretation translator.

她在联合国当译员。

Tā zài Liánhéguó dāng yìyuán.

She works as an interpreter at the UN.

Tips

usage

译员 specifically refers to a working interpreter (the person), most often oral. Compare: 翻译 is the broader term covering both the act and the person, written or oral; 口译员 emphasizes oral interpreting; 笔译员 emphasizes written translation.

Stroke Order

译 yì

员 yuán