Description:
Building on the foundations of Roderick Jones' authoritative and popular text, this brand-new textbook is a comprehensive, up to date and easily accessible introduction to conference interpreting. Elisabet Tiselius combines practical approaches and their theoretical underpinnings to guide beginning students.
Review Quotes:
"This exceptional book is the conversation every aspiring interpreter would hope to have at the start of their professional journey. It weaves an engaging narrative about the rich and deeply rooted interpreting profession. The author's thoughtful and interactive approach encourages meaningful reflection through tasks to complete at the end of each chapter. I know this is the book I will want all my interpreting students to adopt." Danielle D'Hayer, London Metropolitan University
"A classic remarkably revisited! Tiselius covers each and every facet of the subject so comprehensively and minutely that the book could also be titled Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Conference Interpreting. A must read for anyone with an interest in this fascinating area of interpreting." Marc Orlando, Macquarie University
"For students and early career researchers seeking to grasp current vectors of research and the scientific mapping of interpreting studies, this book offers exceptional value. .. it combines a practitioner's experience with a researcher's perspective, giving students both concrete guidance and accessible entry into contemporary interpreting studies. "
Pavol Sveda, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia