Community Interpreting. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics.

by Sandra Hale

The author presents a comprehensive overview of the field of Community Interpreting. Exploring the relationship between research, training and practice, the book reviews the main theoretical concepts and research results; it describes the main issues surrounding the practice and the training of interpreters, highlighting the voices of the different key participants; and it identifies areas of much needed research to provide relevant answers to those issues.

Genres: Nonfiction

Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Chiara Pagliochini · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you are a community interpreter, I suppose this book could be of great use. However, I am not. Hale's analysis of the subject is accurate and well written. Nevertheless, I could not help myself from thinking "how boring!" all the time.