Enhancing Quality in Conference Interpreting

Enhancing quality in conference interpreting is essential in spaces where multilingual communication supports diplomacy, international business, and global collaboration. As conferences grow in complexity and diversity, the demand for high-quality interpreting services increases. Ensuring interpretation excellence requires a multifaceted approach, combining rigorous training, professional standards, and the use of technology. Interpreter competence, subject-matter expertise, and ethical conduct are foundational, while supportive working conditions and ongoing professional development contribute to improved performance. Emerging technologies also present opportunities and challenges that must be carefully managed. By prioritizing quality, stakeholders can ensure conference interpreting facilitates clear, accurate, and inclusive communication across linguistic and cultural boundaries. Enhancing Quality in Conference Interpreting explores the fundamentals of conference interpreting, its evolution, and the roles of various stakeholders. It delves into the expectations of users, the challenges faced by interpreters, and the constraints encountered by clients, while addressing training needs, the impact of AI, policy recommendations, and strategies for elevating the quality of conference interpreting. This book covers topics such as ethics and law, pedagogy, and language and linguistics, and is a useful resource for translators and interpreters, business owners, policymakers, government officials, educators, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

Mansour Amini is an interdisciplinary researcher and a senior lecturer from the School of Languages, Literacies, and Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He has a Diploma in Mathematics and Physics, a B.A. in English Language and Literature, an M.A. in English Language Teaching, and a PhD in Translation Studies. Formerly, he served as the Head of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, at UCSI University Malaysia. He has published articles in Translation, Education, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and is the principal investigator of several research projects. He has conducted workshops, seminars, and talks on Thesis Writing and Research Methodology in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Iran, and China. Dr. Mansour Amini is a reviewer, editing manager, and editorial board member of several academic journals. He has tried to link research with teaching practice by applying the lessons learned from authentic research outputs into teaching scenarios.