Section 1. Conference Interpretation - an Introduction.- 1. Language Interpretation and Communication: Introduction to the Proceedings.- 2. How Conference Interpretation Grew.- 3. Selection and Training of Conference Interpreters.- 4. Reflections on the Training of Simultaneous Interpreters: A metalinguistic approach.- 5. Intercultural Communication and the Training of Interpreters at the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies.- 6. An Integrated Programme for Training Interpreters.- Section 2. Sign Language and Sign Language Interpretation.- 7. The Role of Oral Language in the Evolution of Manual Language.- 8. Sign Language Interpretation: The State of the Art.- 9. Research in Sign Language Interpreting at California State University, Northridge.- 10. Sign Language and Psycholinguistic Process: Fact, Hypotheses and Implications for Interpretation.- 11. Sign Language Interpretation and General Theories of Language, Interpretation and Communication.- Section 3. Bilingualism, Translation and Interpretation.- 12. Linguistic Abilities in Translators and Interpreters.- 13. Psychological Approaches to Bilingualism, Translation and Interpretation.- 14. True Bilingualism and Second Language Learning.- 15. Translating as an Innate Skill.- 16. Four Generations of Machine Translation Research and Prospects for the Future.- Section 4. Linguistic, Sociolinguistic and Social Approaches.- 17 On the Distinction between Linguistics and Pragmatics.- 18. Language Meaning and Message Meaning: Towards a Sociolinguistic Approach to Translation.- 19. Contributions of Cross-Cultural Orientation Programs and Power Analysis to Translation/Interpretation.- 20. Interpreter Roles and Interpretation Situations: Cross-Cutting Typologies.- 21. Behavioral Aspects of Liaison Interpreters in Papua New Guinea: Some Preliminary Observations.- Section 5. Psychological Approaches.- 22. On the Representations of Experience.- 23. The Bilingual's Performance: Language Dominance, Stress, and Individual Differences.- 24. Summary and Recall of Text in First and Second Languages: Some Factors Contributing to Performance Differences.- 25. Psychosemantics and Simultaneous Interpretation.- 26. An Information-Processing Model of Understanding Speech.- Section 6. Theory and Research in Conference Interpretation.- 27. Human Factors Approach to Simultaneous Interpretation.- 28. Simultaneous Interpretation - Units of Meaning and Other Features.- 29. Language and Cognition.- 30. Syntactic Anticipation in German-English Simultaneous Interpreting.- 31. Simultaneous Interpretation: A Hypothetical Model and its Practical Application.- 32. Adult Simultaneous Interpretation: A Functional Analysis of Linguistic Categories and a Comparison with Child Development.- Section 7. Conclusion.- 33. The Contribution of Cognitive Psychology to the Study of Interpretation.- Appendix A. Discussion Report.- Appendix B. List of Participants.- Name Index.
