Conference Interpreting Explained

<p>Roderick Jones adopts a very practical approach to both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting providing detailed illustrations of note-taking reformulation the 'salami' technique simplification generalization anticipation and so on including numerous tricks-of-the-trade such as how to handle difficult speakers and how to interpret untranslatable jokes. Numerous examples are offered at every stage all in English or 'foreignized' English.</p><p>Although primarily written as a practitioner's explanation rather than a theorist's speculation the book includes notes on concepts such as units of meaning translation units and discourse structure as well as stances on more polemical issues such as the use of omission and the ethics of interpreting mistakes. The book concludes with a comment on the pleasure of conference interpreting as well as a glossary and suggested further readings. In all it fills a major gap in English-language publications on interpreting providing an introduction for beginners a down-to-earth guide for students and a handy compendium for teachers.</p>