Le théâtre comme outil de formation à l’interprétation de dialogue. Comment sensibiliser les apprenants-interprètes au dispositif théâtral [Theatre as a tool for training in dialogue interpretation. How to make learners-interpreters aware of the theatrical device]

As interpreting has become more diversified on the international scene, translation schools have been forced to reorganize their training plans and provide answers to the didactic questions posed with increasing urgency by new forms of interpreting, in this case dialogue interpreting. Unlike conference interpreting, which is taught as a content-based language course, dialogue interpreting requires devices that are likely to develop not only linguistic but also interactional skills; it is nothing less than the construction of a professional habitus that allows one to adapt quickly to new communicative situations. In this article, I will start from the idea, which is becoming more and more widely accepted, that the theatrical model is a particularly interesting device for developing interactional behaviour. Based on this observation, I will try to set up the foundations of a didactic sequence which is declined according to three scenarios which are at the same time different and complementary: the first one is part of a socio-biographical approach, the second one serves the conceptualization, while the third is based on theatrical training.