Drawing from recent developments and studies on the use of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) in interpreting practice, this paper is aimed
at analysing and discussing the usefulness of Computer-Assisted Interpreting
(CAI). The currently available technology will be explored in order to analyse the
application of ICTs to interpreting practice, with the objective of assessing which
technologies may assist interpreters in their real-life work, which forms of
interpreting may benefit from these technological advancements, and to which
extent interpreting rendition would benefit from the use of these new technologies.
The author will also consider the possible future application of ICTs in
interpreting and on the way in which this sector may change in the future, in light
of the need for this professional field to look to the future of communication and
adapt accordingly to the trends of the Third Millennium.
