Ethical issues in online interpreting training

Abstract Although online education dissolves boundaries by providing “anywhere and anytime” teaching learning opportunities, ethical concerns challenges still exist. Interpreting training is preferably achieved in a face-to-face setting, as it concentrates on individual practice within an authentic interpreting environment for skill development rather than mere knowledge acquisition. This study examines training, including equality of outcomes, emotional support, privacy audio/video data protection, misconduct behaviours. Based the observation such concerns, possible solutions addressing issues context are explored. We suggest developing professional platforms software, adopting virtual reality technology, compiling multimodal corpus, establishing community to achieve better outcomes.