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Interpreting Chinese, Interpreting China: 29
Author(s): Robin Setton
- Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
- Publication Date: 12 May 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 196 pages
- ISBN-10: 9027222592
- ISBN-13: 9789027222596
Book Description
China’s emergence has generated a wave of interest in interpreting and interpreter training. First published as a Special Issue of Interpreting (11:2, 2009) this collection of papers by six leading researchers from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas, some based on recent PhDs, explores topics as diverse as historical conceptions of the interpreter’s role, interaction with linguistic minorities, methods for training and assessment, and negotiating hazards like speed, register or the cultural divide in conference, courtroom and community. The volume also includes an Editor’s foreword contextualising the Chinese interpreting scene for the international reader, an overview of the fast evolving landscape of interpreter training and research in China, and two critical reviews of textbooks used in home-grown training programmes.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Highly readable and quite informative, illustrating the latest developments in interpreting studies in the Chinese context to the Anglophone world. Some of the studies treat the most challenging topics in translation studies, providing innovative insights from Chinese perspectives. Their valuable and thought-provoking contributions will enable an international readership to have a better understanding of interpreting-related issues. — Lang Chen, Central China Normal University, in Translation and Interpreting Studies Vol. 11:1 (2016)
This special issue of
Interpreting is particularly timely. The interpreting profession, and more recently, Chinese interpreting research and interpreter training programmes, have experienced exponential growth and change, especially on the Chinese mainland. By providing a sampling of the latest research efforts on a wide range of topics by scholars in the greater China region, this collection represents a significant contribution that not only succeeds in introducing the Chinese scene to a wider and more international readership, but that also demonstrates the importance and exciting potential of the Chinese perspective in Interpreting Studies. — JIANG Hong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityA particularly interesting collection of papers on the interpreting scene in China, with not only information and reflection on the Chinese scene, but also topics relevant and important at global scale such as Signed Language Interpreting and the assessment of source speech difficulty for interpreting. — Daniel Gile, ESIT, Univ. Paris III
