Providing comprehensive coverage of both current research and practice in conference interpreting, the Handbook covers both core areas and cutting-edge developments. With an introduction by the editors, this is essential reading for all researchers, trainers, students and professionals of Conference Interpreting.

Autorentext

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).

Inhalt

List of Contributors

Introduction

1. Fundamentals

2. Historical developments in conference interpreting: An overview

3. Modes of conference interpreting: simultaneous and consecutive
   3. Note-taking for consecutive conference interpreting**

4. Conference and community interpreting: commonalities and differences ****

5. Settings

6. Diplomatic conference interpreting**

7. Conference interpreting at press conferences

8. Media conference interpreting

   8. Conference interpreting in the European Union Institutions

9. Conference interpreting at the United Nations **

10. Regions 10. Conference interpreting in the United States**11. Conference interpreting in Russia**12. Conference interpreting in Japan**
11. Conference interpreting in South Korea**

12. Conference interpreting in Australia

13. Conference interpreting in China

14. Conference interpreting in India

15. Conference interpreting in Sub-Saharan Africa

16. Conference interpreting in Brazil
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17. Professional issues

18. Quality and norms in conference interpreting

19. Testing for professional qualification in conference interpreting**21. Status and profession(alization) of conference interpreters

20. Ethics and codes of ethics in conference interpreting** ****

21. Training and education

22. Aptitude for conference interpreting**24. Learning and teaching conference interpreting**25. Theory and training in conference interpreting: initial explorations** ****

23. Research perspectives: theoretical and empirical**
24. Working memory and cognitive processing in conference interpreting**
25. Strategies and capacity management in conference interpreting
26. Conference interpreting and expertise**
27. Stress and emotion in conference interpreting**

28. Sex and gender in conference interpreting

29. Discourse analysis in conference interpreting**
30. Corpus studies in conference interpreting**
31. Eye-tracking studies in conference interpreting**

32. Neuroimaging of simultaneous conference interpreters** ****

33. Recent developments

34. Distance conference interpreting**36. Conference interpreting and new technologies
    **37. Bridging the gap between conference interpreters and researchers with online media**

35. Sign language conference interpreting

36. Conference interpreting and English as a lingua franca

37. Mindfulness training for conference interpreters
    Index