Conference Interpreting
Current trends in research. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interpreting: What do we know and how?
Published on 5. June 1997
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-90-272-1626-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Conference Interpreting: What do we know and how?' is the title of a round-table conference (Turku 1994) organised to assess the state of the art in conference interpreting research. The result is collected in this volume with fully coordinated reports on the round tables. The book presents an exciting coverage of the field, touching on methodology, communication, discourse, culture, neurolinguistic and cognitive aspects, quality assessment, training and developing skills.
Reviews / Votes
The volume is a heartening and enlightening publication showing tendencies in interpretation research of the 1980s and 1990s and should be part of the library of any person who wants to investigate one of the most complex and baffling human activities. -- Prof. Andrezej Kopczynski, University of WarsawMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-1626-7 (9789027216267)
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Yves Gambier | Daniel Gile | Christopher Taylor
Conference Interpreting
Current trends in research. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interpreting: What do we know and how?
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Content
1. Foreword (by Gile, Daniel); 2. Neurolinguistic aspects of simultaneous interpretation (by Fabbro, Franco); 3. Understanding for interpreting, interpreting for understanding (by Tijus, Charles); 4. Interpreting as communication (by Linell, Per); 5. Interpretation research policy (by Tommola, Jorma); 6. The interaction between research and training (by Dodds, John); 7. Methodology (by Gile, Daniel); 8. Quality in simultaneous interpreting (by Shlesinger, Miriam); 9. Skill components in simultaneous interpreting (by Moser-Mercer, Barbara); 10. Intercultural communication, negotiation and interpreting (by Kondo, Masaomi); 11. Linguistics, discourse analysis and interpretation (by Torsello, Carol); 12. On media and court interpreting (by Snelling, David C.); 13. Postscript (by Gile, Daniel); 14. References; 15. Index; 16. List of participants