Aptitude for Interpreting

Special issue of Interpreting 13:1 (2011)

Editors

Miriam Shlesinger † | Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Franz Pöchhacker | University of Vienna, Austria

[Interpreting, 13:1] 2011. vi, 153 pp.

Publishing status:

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.13.1

Table of Contents

Introduction
Aptitude for interpreting Miriam Shlesinger † and Franz Pöchhacker	1–4
Articles
Aptitude testing over the years Mariachiara Russo	5–30
Learning styles, motivation and cognitive flexibility in interpreter training: Self-selection and aptitude Šárka Timarová and Heidi Salaets	31–52
A story of attitudes and aptitudes? Investigating individual difference variables within the context of interpreting Alexandra Rosiers, June Eyckmans and Daniel Bauwens	53–69
Cognitive and motivational contributors to aptitude: A study of spoken and signed language interpreting students Sherry Shaw	70–84
Evaluating emotional stability as a predictor of interpreter competence and aptitude for interpreting Karen Bontempo and Jemina Napier	85–105
Assessing aptitude for interpreting: The SynCloze test Franz Pöchhacker	106–120
Domain-general cognitive abilities and simultaneous interpreting skill Brooke N. Macnamara, Adam B. Moore, Judy A. Kegl and Andrew R.A. Conway	121–142
Book Reviews
Review of Angelelli & Jacobson (2009): Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies Reviewed by Roda P. Roberts	143–148
Review of Chabasse (2010): Gibt es eine Begabung für das Simultandolmetschen? Erstellung eines Dolmetscheignungstests Reviewed by Sylvia Kalina	149–153

Subjects

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Translation Studies