Self-preservation in simultaneous interpreting : surviving the role /

The image of the tightrope walker illustrates the interpreter's balancing act. Compelled to move forward at a pace set by someone else, interpreters compensate for pressures and surges that might push them into the void. The author starts from the observation that conference interpreters tend t...

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Main Author: Monacelli, Claudia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2009
Series:Benjamins translation library ; v. 84.
Benjamins translation library. EST subseries.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Interpreting as a system
  • Methodology and corpus
  • From system dynamics onward
  • Simultaneous interpreting as communicative interaction
  • Participation framework and interactional politeness in corpus
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion.