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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
C2 is called native speaker Level and expected Level of profitiiency from translators and interpreters
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Sorry, but I have to contradict you here. Nope, C2 is not native speaker level. Native speaker is, as it says, someone who is originally from the country and learned the language as first language. Hence "native".
I speak fluent German, I do translations and have been interpreting in international meetings for the Embassy or here for the Consulate, but I am not a native speaker. I am a French native speaker, but not a German one. A native speaker has no accent for instance. I never wrote "German native speaker" in my CV, that would be a lie. I am a French native speaker and fluent in German in English.
The levels A1 to C2 are used to assess your level for a
foreign language.
But C2 is a very good level, and it is called proficiency because it means that in any given situations, very complex and challenging ones, the person will be able to converse, read, write without any difficulties.