通訳者

Etymology
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1) an interpreter someone who listens to speech in one language, and repeats that content in another language

Usage notes
Although the term can mean both  and  (the person doing the interpretation), the term 通訳者 (tsūyakusha) refers more specifically to the person.

The term appears in more dictionaries. The term 通訳者 (tsūyakusha) may have gained currency as a parallel construction to, for which there is no 翻訳人 (hon'yakunin) form.