Interpreting in the Community and Workplace: A Practical Teaching Guide - Softcover

Rudvin, Mette; Tomassini, Elena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230285155 ISBN 13: 9780230285156

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

Literature on the assessment of interpreters has grown rapidly in the emerging field of Community- and Public Service Interpreting, but there is still very little practical training material available. Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of using trained rather than ad-hoc interpreters. This educational tool for trainers in all fields of dialogue interpreting hopes to fill precisely that gap.

Although the focus is on two key areas, the legal and health sectors, the book also includes business interpreting, which is a source of employment for many newly trained interpreters. It is thus an innovative and comprehensive teacher's aide that can be applied to a wide range of dialogue settings. The book discusses a number of theoretical and practical issues. One chapter is entirely devoted to classroom work and exercises. The book also includes fifteen annotated English-Italian dialogues that can easily be adapted to other language pairs.

About this title

Book Description:

A handbook for trainers of community, public service and business interpreting with a wide range of classroom exercises and annotated dialogues

About the Author:

METTE RUDVIN has been teaching at the University of Bologna, Italy since 1996. She works from time to time as a community interpreter between English, Italian and Urdu and has published widely on translation and community interpreting. 

ELENA TOMASSINI has been working as a conference interpreter since 1980. She taught at the University of Bologna from 1992 to 2009 and now teaches at SSML (Science of Linguistic Mediation), Fondazione Universitaria San Pellegrino.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0230285155
• ISBN 13: 9780230285156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 247