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. The text links exercises to the theory behind them, from early theories to modern understandings of the demands of conference interpreting. This guide includes invaluable material on freelancing and professional development. Tiselius integrates remote interpreting and computer-aided interpreting throughout the book. The volume also includes a range of exercises from self-assessment, speech-writing, and note-taking to consecutive and simultaneous. Theoretical concepts are illustrated with anecdotes from Elisabet Tiselius’ personal experience, taking readers behind the scenes of conference interpreter education, and equipping them with the tools to understand how to practise and why different exercises are necessary. With further reading and related video resources here: https://routledgetranslationstudiesportal.com/, this is the essential guide to understanding the practice and theory of conference interpreting for all courses in interpreting and interpreter training.

Table of Contents:
List of figures List of boxes About the author About the book Acknowledgements Introduction to conference interpreting What is conference interpreting? What does it take to become a conference interpreter? Basic conference interpreting terminology The modes of interpreting Labelling languages Tasks Further reading and watching References Chapter 1: The flying bumblebee – foundations of conference interpreting 1.1 A (short) history of conference interpreting 1.2 Cognitive and social processes 1.2.1 Cognitive processes of interpreting 1.2.2 Social processes of interpreting 1.3 Is interpreting a superpower? 1.4 Tasks 1.5 Further reading and watching References Chapter 2: Exercising your memory the conference interpreter way 2.1 Different types of memories 2.2 Active listening 2.3 Memory exercises and preparation 2.4 Tasks 2.5 Further reading and watching References Chapter 3: Practice – The core of conference interpreting 3.1 How to practice like an expert 3.1.1 How to approach practice 3.2 Continued professional development (CPD) 3.3 Tasks 3.4 Further reading and watching References Chapter 4: Assessment, feedback and self-assessment 4.1 Formative and summative assessment 4.2 How to handle feedback 4.4 Self-assessment 4.5 Tasks 4.6 Further reading and watching References Chapter 5: Deconstructing speeches and putting them back together again 5.1 Monologues 5.2 Dialogues 5.3 Tasks 5.4 Further reading and watching References Chapter 6: Words, meaning, and doodles – why note-taking is good for you 6.1 The many purposes of notes 6.1.1 What to note down 6.1.2 Symbols 6.1.2 The language of note-taking 6.1.3 Memory in note-taking 6.1.4 Notepad, tablet, smart pen, sim-consec 6.2 Short and long consecutive interpreting 6.2.1 Short consecutive interpreting – dialogue interpreting 6.2.2 Long consecutive interpreting 6.3. Sight interpreting 6.4 Tasks 6.5 Further reading and watching References Chapter 7: The power of body language, gaze, and intonation in interpreting 7.1 The metalanguage of speaking 7.2 Interpreting and body language 7.3 Interpreting and gaze 7.4 Intonation 7.5 Tasks 7.6 Further reading and watching References Chapter 8: Public speaking – the key to long consecutive (and simultaneous, too) 8.1 The basics of public speaking 8.2 Interpreting and public speaking 8.3 Tasks 8.4 Further reading and watching References Chapter 9: Simultaneous interpreting: chuchotage, speech to text, and in the booth 9.1 Interpreting strategies in simultaneous interpreting 9.2 Whispered interpreting or chuchotage 9.3 Simultaneous interpreting with portable technical equipment – the bidule 9.4 Simultaneous interpreting in the booth 9.4.1 The booth 9.4.2 Booth manners 9.4.3 Microphone handovers 9.5 Simultaneous with text 9.5 Speech-to-text interpreting 9.6 Tasks 9.7 Further reading and watching References Chapter 10: Ethics, positionality, and discretionary power in conference interpreting 10.1 What is ethics? 10.2 Ethics and deontology 10.2.1 Neutrality – the approach to the topic you are interpreting 10.2.2 Impartiality – the approach to the parties for whom you are interpreting 10.3 Positionality 10.4 Discretionary power 10.5 Tasks 10.6 Further reading and watching References Chapter 11: Working language combinations, and the question of retour and relay 11.1 Language competence 11.2 Different language combinations 11.2.1 The retour 11.3 Working in teams 11.4 Tasks 11.5 Further reading and watching References Chapter 12: Healthy working environment and self-care 12.1 The interpreter’s voice 12.2 The interpreter’s hearing 12.3 Stress and vicarious trauma 12.4 Career longevity and being resilient 12.5 Tasks 12.6 Further reading and watching References Chapter 13: Entrepreneurship for interpreters 13.1 Freelancing and small business 13.2 Being an employee 13.3 Professional associations 13.4 Personal branding 13.5 Preparing for a test 13.6 Tasks 13.7 Further reading and watching References Index