:(Leeds),,,,:;;;;Abstract:ThepaperoutlinestheMAprogramofinterpretingstudiesatLeedsUniversityintheUK,discussestheirsuccessintrainingprofessionalconferenceinterpreters,anddetailsallthenecessaryconsecutiveinterpretingskillsandtechniquespurveyed.InthelastpartitoffersacriticalassessmentofthestrengthsandweaknessesofMAITS(MAofInterpretingandTranslationStudies)programatLeeds.Itishopedtoserveasanintroductiontohowatrain2ingprogramforprofessionalinterpreterscanbemoresuccessfullyrundomestically.Keywords:MAprogram;conferenceinterpreter;consecutiveinterpreting;numbersinterpreting;publicspeakingskills:H319:B:1004-5112(2005)03-0043-06WTO,,,2001-2002,(Leeds),,,,,,,,,,,2001,,MatthewPerret,StevenSmith,BBCJohnLi,,,,,Svetlana(Newcastle),,34ForeignLanguageWorldNo.32005(GeneralSerialNo.107),(consecutivein2terpreting)(simultaneousinterpre2ting);,,,,,,(internalexaminer)(externalexaminer),,,,,,,:1.,,(1986:83),,,,(1998:152),,;,,,,,,,,,60(mindmap)(TonyBuzan):,,,(2004),,:,,(1993:53),,,,,,,,4420053(107),2.,,(Fast1988:39),,,,,,(JeanHer2bert):,,(1993:83),,,,,,,,Svetlana:,personalityLadiesandgentlemen,Toconclude,,,,,,,(1991:5-8)3.,,,,,,,,,,(splitattention)?,??,,,,,,(anecessaryevil),,,,,:1),,,,,,54ForeignLanguageWorldNo.32005(GeneralSerialNo.107):,;,;,,;,2),,,,,,,,,,,,,,UN,3)()()=(),,,,,,,,4):(1),,,,(2),(3),,,(4),,(5)/,//(6),,,(7)16,,,,,,,evilnecessary,,,,,4.,:20(1998:186),,,,,,,,,,,6420053(107),,,,,,,,,,:1),,,tenthousand;onehundredthousand;hun2dredmillion2)3),1890,3567,0250;,189,035,670,2504),,,,,189,035,670,250;,,onehundredandeighty2ninebillion,thirty2fivemillion,sixhundredandseventythousand,twohundredandfifty,billion,million,thousand,,,1890,3567,0250;,1890,3567,250,,,,,5.,,Svetlana,,,,,,;,JeanHerbertknoweverythingofsomethingandsomethingofeverything(1993:83);Google,(glossary),,,,,,,2001-2002,:74ForeignLanguageWorldNo.32005(GeneralSerialNo.107)1.,,,,,(paraphrasing),,2.,;,,,3.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,21[1].[M].:,1986.[2].[M].:,1998.[3].[A]..[C].:,1993.[4].(mindmap)[N].:,2004.[5].[A]..[C]:,1993.[6]FastJulius.BodyLanguage[M].:,1988.[7].[J].,1991.:,5300048420053(107)