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Bowen, David and Margareta Bowen, eds. 1990. Interpreting: yesterday, today, and tomorrow (American Translators Association Scholarly Monograph Series 4). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. viii + 184 pp.
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
community interpreting=public service interpreting | court interpreting | historical approach=historiography=history | interpreter training | interpreting | Interpreting Studies | professionalism=non-professionalism
Main ISBN
9992185570

Abstract

This edited volume is concerned with the profession and discipline of interpretation. The range of perspectives presented in this collection of essays exemplifies the diversity of the profession. The contributors to this volume are practicing interpreters, teachers of interpretation, and administrators. Their contributions have mainly been divided into five areas of concentration: the history of interpreting, interpreter training, court interpreting, community interpreting, and future developments.
Source : Based on publisher information

Articles in this volume

Obst, Harry and Ruth Harwood Cline. Summary history of language services in the U.S. Department of State. 8–13
Skinner, William. Working conditions at the Nuremberg trials. 14–22
Bowen, David and Margareta Bowen. The life of a diplomatic interpreter: an interview with Irena Dobosz. 23–33
Niang, Anna. History and role of interpreting in Africa. 34–36
Kučerová, Hana. Diplomatic interpreting in Czechoslovakia. 37–39
Thiéry, Christopher. The sense of situation in conference interpreting. 40–43
Weber, Wilhelm K. The importance of sight translation in an interpreter training program. 44–52
Lederer, Marianne. The role of cognitive complements in interpreting. 53–60
Roberts, Roda P. and Marilyn R. Tayler. Development of legal interpreter education in New Jersey. 70–82
Chapman, Ronald C. How American courts view defendants' rights to interpreters. 81–90
Jongh, Elena M. De. The challenge for the court interpreter in southern Florida. 91–95
Altano, Brian W. The intricate witness-interpreter relationship. 96–100
Morris, Ruth. Interpretation at the Demjanjuk trial. 101–107
Khoon, Wong Fook. Court interpreting in a multiracial society: the Malaysian experience. 108–116
Levy-Berlowitz, Ruth. Interpreting in multicultural setting. 117–121
Turner, Francis. Interpreters and social workers: contemporary professional challenges. 122–130
Gehrke, Monika. Community interpreting in the curriculum. 131–135
Schweda Nicholson, Nancy. Consecutive note-taking for community interpretation. 136–145
Burley, Patrizia. Community interpreting in Australia. 146–153
Déjean le Féal, Karla. Some thoughts on the evaluation of simultaneous interpretation. 154–160
Feldweg, Erich. Should conference interpreters specialize? 161–167
Kurz, Ingrid. Overcoming language barriers in European television. 168–175

Reviewed by

Gile, Daniel. 1991. Review of Interpreting: yesterday today and tomorrow. Meta 36 (4) : 662–663.