"Hon arbetar som tolk mellan svenska och engelska."

Translation: She works as an interpreter between Swedish and English.

[AndyHill8]

Is translator not an acceptable translation for 'tolk'?

[micromikko]

Strictly speaking a translator deals with writing and an interpreter works verbally, bur colloquially the terms are rather interchangeable.

[javakaffe]

does tolk have relation to english 'talk'?

[Arnauti]

It seems that the word tolk (and the verb tolka) in Germanic languages come from old Slavic tlŭmačĭ, these words originated during our intense trade connections with Slavic-speaking peoples. (In German, it's Dolmetscher/in, same origin).

[kegil002]

For those learning english, from swedish.
In swedish it may use the preposition "mellan" which is "between" But it should translate to the english preposition "for" EX: (She's an interpreter for Spanish and English speakers.) or (She translates or is a translator for French.)

[EleniaT]

It can be both - There is no problem using 'between' or 'for' here in English. In fact, 'she translates for French' seems to be erroneous (although I might just be overlooking a correct usage)

[SDMArmstrong]

Using 'for' changes the meaning slightly. It says 'between' as she is interpreting between the two languages. Using 'for' makes it sound like two separate jobs.

[matthew583808]

This scentence is badly worded, you could have put for instead of between, perhaps implying that she would learn more languages in the future

[Chrisbilljohn]

Re all the below; between is the correct usage in this context. Semantics aside, translator should also be allowed.