Mikkelson Holly - The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF INTERPRETING

The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting provides a comprehensive survey of the field of interpreting for a global readership. The handbook includes an introduction and twenty-seven chapters by contributors who are experts involved in the interpreting profession and leading academics in their area.

The four sections cover:

The history and evolution of interpreting;

The core areas of the field from conference interpreting to transcription, and interpreting in conflict zones to voiceover;

Current issues and debates, from ethics and the role of the interpreter to the impact of globalization;

A look to the future.

Suggestions for further reading are provided with every chapter. The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting is an essential purchase for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of interpreting studies. Professionals working in interpreting or those looking to work in the field will also find this book invaluable.

Holly Mikkelson is Associate Professor of Translation and Interpretation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA. Her publications include a range of interpreting books and manuals including Introduction to Court Interpreting (2000).

Rene Jourdenais is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Dean of the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA.

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THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF INTERPRETING

Edited by
Holly Mikkelson and Rene Jourdenais

First published 2015

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CONTENTS

Rene Jourdenais and Holly Mikkelson

Jess Baigorri-Jaln

Julie Bori

Sofa Garca-Beyaert

Franz Pchhacker

Kilian G. Seeber

Debra Russell and Kayoko Takeda

Karen Bontempo

Jemina Napier

Wallace Chen

Carmen Valero-Garcs

Ebru Diriker

Jieun Lee

Sonja Pllabauer

Marjory A. Bancroft

Cynthia E. Roat and Ineke H. M. Crezee

Hanneke Bot

Melissa B. Smith

Pedro Castillo

Barbara Moser-Mercer

Uldis Ozolins

Justine Ndongo-Keller

Sabine Braun

ngela Collados As and Olalla Garca Becerra

Jean Turner

Chuanyun Bao

Ada Martnez-Gmez

Mette Rudvin

Rene Jourdenais and Holly Mikkelson

Jess Baigorri-Jaln, MA in history and PhD in translation and interpreting, is a former UN staff interpreter and is an associate professor at the University of Salamanca. He serves as director of Alfaqueque research group. He is author and editor of several books on topics related to interpreting and intercultural communication, and is an active interpreter.

Marjory A. Bancroft, MA, directs Cross-Cultural Communications, a community interpreter training organization, and The Voice of Love, a charity supporting interpreting for torture and war trauma survivors. She is world Project Leader for ISO 18441, an international interpreting standard.

Chuanyun Bao is a professor of conference interpretation with the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation and Language Education of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA, and a practicing interpreter and AIIC member.

Julie Bori, BA, MSc (University of Granada, Spain), PhD (University of Manchester, UK), teaches interpreting at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). She is the chair of IATIS Conference Committee and the co-founder of L-IN-K (Language, INterpreting, Community). Seeking to explore the sociopolitics of interpreting, Julie currently develops narrative theory in relation to Foucaults approach to power, knowledge and technology.

Karen Bontempo, Macquarie University, Australia, has worked as an Auslan (Australian Sign Language) interpreter for nearly 25 years. She holds a PhD in linguistics, and serves on the national accreditation examination panel for interpreters. Karens research interests center on interpreter performance, personality and interpreting pedagogy.

Hanneke Bot, a Dutch registered psychotherapist, is head of treatment of a clinic for asylum seekers and refugees with severe psychiatric disorders in the Netherlands. Her PhD research (2005) was on communication processes in interpreter-mediated talk in mental healthcare.