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This paper examines the need for teaching professional ethics in translator and interpreter training. This study looks into the availability and overall status of ethical training offered from the current curriculum of major graduate schools for interpretation and translation in Korea. Then, a group of interpreters/translators who also work as instructors at training institutions participated in a focus group interview. Participants discussed: first, the type of ethics training they had received before and after joining the practice of interpretation and translation; second, ethical dilemmas,and third, the need for teaching ethical issues to future professionals. The findings of curriculum review and focus group interview suggest that both the quantity and quality of professional ethics training should be improved so that translators and interpreters in the field make a decision with confidence when faced with an ethical issue.