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ABSTRACT

Received 21 Mar 2020
Revised 11 May 2020

Accepted 31 Jul 2020

                Universities need to capture the current state of graduate employability from graduates’ perspectives if they are to respond effectively to skills and knowledge requirements of the industry. Globally, graduate employability is a concept that is becoming increasingly popular in higher education sector. Therefore, this paper explores employability attributes that graduates of English translation and interpretation (ETI) program need. A survey with 48 ETI alumni of a university in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam reveals the attributes that are important for the job market and those that graduates need more training on. The findings revealed that ETI students not only need to reinforce their English linguistic knowledge, professional knowledge and other skills and knowledge provided in the training program, but also have to develop ‘key’ employability skills such as, communication, social and cultural skills in order to be ready for the labor market.

Keywords

Employability, English translation and interpretation, graduate attributes

Cited as: Yen, P.H. and Hien, H.V., 2020. Employability attributes of interpretation and translation students in Vietnam. Can Tho University Journal of Science. 12(2): 25-32.