The Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting

by Michaela Albl-Mikasa (Editor), Elisabet Tiselius (Editor)

Overview

Providing comprehensive coverage of both current research and practice in conference interpreting, The Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting covers core areas and cutting-edge developments, which have sprung up due to the spread of modern technologies and global English.

Consisting of 40 chapters divided into seven parts—Fundamentals, Settings, Regions, Professional issues, Training and education, Research perspectives and Recent developments—the Handbook focuses on the key areas of conference interpreting. This volume is unique in its approach to the field of conference interpreting as it covers not only research and teaching practice but also practical issues of the profession on all continents.

Bringing together over 70 researchers in the field from all over the world and with an introduction by the editors, this is essential reading for all researchers, ​trainers, students and professionals of conference interpreting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367277895
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/2021
Series:	Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Pages:	616
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michaela Albl-Mikasa is Professor of Interpreting Studies at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. She is currently a member of the Executive Council of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) and of the Board of the European Network of Public Service Interpreting (ENPSIT). She is principal investigator of the SNSF Sinergia project CLINT.　

Elisabet Tiselius is Associate Professor of Interpreting Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden, where she teaches public service, conference and signed language interpreting. Tiselius is a member of AIIC, serving on its research committee, is accredited to the EU institutions and is a state-authorized public service interpreter. She is a board member of the European Society for Translation Studies (EST).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

1. Fundamentals

   1. Historical developments in conference interpreting: An overview

   2. Modes of conference interpreting: simultaneous and consecutive

   3. Note-taking for consecutive conference interpreting

   4. Conference and community interpreting: commonalities and differences

2. Settings

   5. Diplomatic conference interpreting

   6. Conference interpreting at press conferences

   7. Media conference interpreting

   8. Conference interpreting in the European Union Institutions

   9. Conference interpreting at the United Nations

3. Regions

   10. Conference interpreting in the United States

   11. Conference interpreting in Russia

   12. Conference interpreting in Japan

   13. Conference interpreting in South Korea

   14. Conference interpreting in Australia

   15. Conference interpreting in China

   16. Conference interpreting in India

   17. Conference interpreting in Sub-Saharan Africa

   18. Conference interpreting in Brazil

4. Professional issues

   19. Quality and norms in conference interpreting

   20. Testing for professional qualification in conference interpreting

   21. Status and professionalization of conference interpreters

   22. Ethics and codes of ethics in conference interpreting

5. Training and education

   23. Aptitude for conference interpreting

   24. Learning and teaching conference interpreting

   25. Theory and training in conference interpreting: initial explorations

6. Research perspectives: theoretical and empirical

   26. Working memory and cognitive processing in conference interpreting

   27. Strategies and capacity management in conference interpreting

   28. Conference interpreting and expertise

   29. Stress and emotion in conference interpreting

   30. Sex and gender in conference interpreting

   31. Discourse analysis in conference interpreting

   32. Corpus studies in conference interpreting

   33. Eye-tracking studies in conference interpreting

   34. Neuroimaging of simultaneous conference interpreters

7. Recent developments

   35. Distance conference interpreting

   36. Conference interpreting and new technologies

   37. Bridging the gap between conference interpreters and researchers with online media

   38. Sign language conference interpreting

   39. Conference interpreting and English as a lingua franca

   40. Mindfulness training for conference interpreters

Index

Editorial Reviews

The Handbook of Conference Interpreting provides a comprehensive overview of the profession at a critical juncture. Leading researchers, trainers and practitioners explore conference interpreting across regions and settings, and from many angles, including ethics, training, theory and history. The clear, jargon-free style and breadth of subject matter make it essential reading for all those with an interest in this exciting profession.

Clare Donovan, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France

 

This outstanding collection of contributions of every possible research scope on conference interpreting features many breathtaking chapters by most of the world's top researchers in the field. The editors chose, compiled and curated a book with an updated and comprehensive overview of this research domain that will soon become the first reference in this decade and possibly beyond.

Ricardo Munoz Martin, University of Bologna, Italy

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