Interpersonal skills for liaison interpreters

"Interpreters also must be trained in the interpersonal skills and methods needed to be effective coaches for the parents."

"Interpreters need excellent interpersonal skills. They must enjoy working constantly with people. And they must be mentally and physically ready to go from one job to another. "

"It is very helpful for a court interpreter to have good public speaking and interpersonal skills. "

"Other important traits for an interpreter include strong analytical skills, good interpersonal skills and a very sharp memory. "

"Develop good interpersonal skills as you are consistently dealing with people."

Interpersonal skills invariably as one of the many skills listed into the MustHave wallet of interpreters. But beyond being fingered at with the "should" and the "must" warning, you are essentially left with the assertiveness of the injunction, and nothing more. Usually one would expect something in the line of "what are interpersonal skills", and "how do you work on these". There seems to be plenty of books on that matter, but an objective based approach might save money for the books and help focus on the issues at stake based on personal experience, included "bad experience". More on this later.