Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting

<p>Providing comprehensive coverage of both current research and practice in conference interpreting, <em>The</em> <em>Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting</em> covers core areas and cutting-edge developments, which have sprung up due to the spread of modern technologies and global English. </p><p>Consisting of 40 chapters divided into seven parts—Fundamentals, Settings, Regions, Professional issues, Training and education, Research perspectives and Recent developments—the <em>Handbook</em> 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. </p><p>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.</p> <p>List of Contributors</p><p>Introduction</p><ol> <ol> <p> </p> <li>Fundamentals<br><br>1. <b>Historical developments in conference interpreting: An overview </b><br><br>2. <b>Modes of conference interpreting: simultaneous and consecutive</b><br><i></i>3. <b>Note-taking for consecutive conference interpreting</b><br><br>4. <b>Conference and community interpreting: commonalities and differences</b> </li> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Settings <br><br>5. <b>Diplomatic conference interpreting</b><i></i><br>6. <b>Conference interpreting at press conferences</b><br><br>7. <b>Media conference interpreting</b> </li> <p>8. <b>Conference interpreting in the European Union Institutions</b><br><br>9. <b>Conference interpreting at the United Nations</b><i> </i></p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Regions</li> <p>10. <b>Conference interpreting in the United States</b><i></i>11. <b>Conference interpreting in Russia</b><i></i>12. <b>Conference interpreting in Japan</b><i></i><br>13. <b>Conference interpreting in South Korea</b><i></i><br>14. <b>Conference interpreting in Australia</b><br><br>15. <b>Conference interpreting in China</b><br><br>16. <b>Conference interpreting in India</b><br>17. <b>Conference interpreting in Sub-Saharan Africa</b><br><br>18. <b>Conference interpreting in Brazil</b><br><i></i></p> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Professional issues<br><br>19. <b>Quality and norms in conference interpreting</b><br><br>20. <b>Testing for professional qualification in conference interpreting</b><i></i>21. <b>Status and profession(alization) of conference interpreters</b><br><br>22. <b>Ethics and codes of ethics in conference interpreting</b><i></i> </li> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Training and education<br>23. <b>Aptitude for conference interpreting</b><i></i>24. <b>Learning and teaching conference interpreting</b><i></i>25. <b>Theory and training in conference interpreting: initial explorations</b><i></i> </li> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Research perspectives: theoretical and empirical<i><b></b></i><br>26. <b>Working memory and cognitive processing in conference interpreting</b><i></i><br>27. <b>Strategies and capacity management in conference interpreting</b><br>28. <b>Conference interpreting and expertise</b><i></i><br>29. <b>Stress and emotion in conference interpreting</b><i></i><br>30. <b>Sex and gender in conference interpreting</b><br><br>31. <b>Discourse analysis in conference interpreting</b><i><b></b></i><br>32. <b>Corpus studies in conference interpreting</b><i></i><br>33. <b>Eye-tracking studies in conference interpreting</b><i></i><br>34. <b>Neuroimaging of simultaneous conference interpreters</b><i></i> </li> <b> </b><p> </p> <li>Recent developments<br><br>35. <b>Distance conference interpreting</b><i></i>36. <b>Conference interpreting and new technologies</b><br><b></b>37. <b>Bridging the gap between conference interpreters and researchers with online media</b><br>38. <b>Sign language conference interpreting</b><br><br>39. <b>Conference interpreting and English as a lingua franca</b><br><br>40. <b>Mindfulness training for conference interpreters</b> </li> </ol> </ol><p>Index</p>