Introducing Interpreting Studies

This bestselling textbook, now fully updated, introduces students, researchers and practitioners to the fast-developing discipline of Interpreting Studies. It covers interpreting in all its varied forms, from international conference to community-based settings, in both spoken and signed modalities.

Praise for theThird Edition "The third edition of Introducing Interpreting Studies remains an essential guide to interpreting studies, synthesizing current trends in the field with the latest research into a clearly structured and lucidly written volume. This textbook remains an important read for anyone interested in the practice and study of interpreting." Christopher D. Mellinger, UNC Charlotte, USA "All roads to interpreting research fan out from this book. Let the experienced guide take you down each of those roads into a lush landscape of topics, models, approaches, and methods. " Bart Defrancq, Ghent University, Belgium Praise for the Second Edition "Introducing Interpreting Studies has been for the past 12 years the canon for interpreting studies, providing a comprehensive and insightful description of all types of interpreting. Written by a leading authority in the field, the book is well structured, well written and well referenced. This edition is an updated and improved version of an already excellent book and will undoubtedly continue to hold its place as the Interpreting textbook for many years to come." Sandra Hale, University of New South Wales, Australia Praise for the First Edition "This comprehensive, structured, and accessible primer will quickly become the standard textbook around which introductory courses are organized ... Its publication represents a major contribution to the field of Interpreting Studies." International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) "This book will undoubtedly become a fixture in the recommended literature of students of interpretation around the world." Book Review "An ambitious, well-informed and well-researched piece of work. We can safely say that, with the new-found momentum fuelled by the publication of such a work, interpreting studies will soon establish itself firmly as a new discipline." Perspectives: Studies in Translatology

Autorentext

Franz Pöchhacker is Professor of Interpreting Studies at the University of Vienna. He is the editor of the Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies (Routledge, 2015) and co-editor of The Interpreting Studies Reader (Routledge, 2002) and of the international journal Interpreting.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Publisher Acknowledgements

Introducing Introducing . . .

PART I Foundations

1 Concepts

2 Evolution

3 Approaches

4 Models

PART II Topics

5 Language and memory

6 Cognitive processes

7 Product and effect

8 Discourse in interaction

9 History

10 Profession

11 Technology

12 Education

PART III Directions

13 Directions

Bibliography

Author index

Subject index