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Publication details [#3121]

Pöchhacker, Franz. 2000. Dolmetschen: konzeptuelle Grundlagen und deskriptive Untersuchungen [Interpreting: conceptual foundations and descriptive analyses] (Studien zur Translation 7). Tübingen: Stauffenburg. xii + 336 pp.
Publication type
Monograph
Publication language
German
Keywords
analysis | communication | community interpreting=public service interpreting | competence=skills | descriptive approach | influence=impact=effect | interpreter=interpreter's role | mediator=mediation | professionalism=non-professionalism | theory=translation theory=interpreting theory
Main ISBN
3-86057-246-6

Abstract

This book on interpreting tackles a number of issues. After an introduction, the author embarks upon the first chapter. He looks into interpreting as a concept, provides a definition, looks into interpreting as a function and as a profession. The second chapter is dedicated to Interpreting Studies, focusing, among other issues, on its development. The third chapter is devoted to translation-theoretical foundations. The fourth chapter deals with communication with non-German speaking patients in hospital. The next chapter looks into ad-hoc interpreting in therapeutic interaction. Next, the author embarks upon qualifications and roles of interpreters in community settings.
Source : J. Vluijmans

Reviewed by

Gile, Daniel. 2003. Review of Dolmetschen: konzeptuelle Grundlagen und deskriptive Untersuchungen. Target 15 (1) : 169–172.
Lee-Jahnke, Hannelore. 2003. Review of Dolmetschen. Meta 48 (4) : 614–615.