The Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting (Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 103213464X ISBN 13: 9781032134642

Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

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.

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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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 103213464X
• ISBN 13: 9781032134642
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 616
• Editor: Albl-Mikasa Michaela, Tiselius Elisabet