Conference Interpreting Explained (Translation Practices Explained) - Softcover

Jones, Roderick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900650576 ISBN 13: 9781900650571

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Roderick Jones adopts a very practical approach to both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, providing detailed illustrations of note-taking, reformulation, the 'salami' technique, simplification, generalization, anticipation, and so on, including numerous tricks-of-the-trade such as how to handle difficult speakers and how to interpret untranslatable jokes. Numerous examples are offered at every stage, all in English or 'foreignized' English.

Although primarily written as a practitioner's explanation rather than a theorist's speculation, the book includes notes on concepts such as units of meaning, translation units and discourse structure, as well as stances on more polemical issues such as the use of omission and the ethics of interpreting mistakes. The book concludes with a comment on the pleasure of conference interpreting, as well as a glossary and suggested further readings. In all, it fills a major gap in English-language publications on interpreting, providing an introduction for beginners, a down-to-earth guide for students, and a handy compendium for teachers.

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Roderick Jones

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1900650576
• ISBN 13: 9781900650571
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 148
• Editor: PYM ANTHONY