Be(com)ing a conference interpreter: An ethnography of EU interpreters as a professional communication

The book Be(com)ing a conference interpreter: An ethnography of EU interpreters as a professional communication  offers a novel view of Conference Interpreting by looking at EU interpreters as a professional community of practice. In particular, Duflou’s work focuses on the nature of the competence conference interpreters working for the European Parliament and the European Commission need to acquire in order to cope with their professional tasks.

Be(com)ing a conference interpreter: An ethnography of EU interpreters as a professional communication

Veerle Duflou

Jonh Benjamins Publishing Company

2016

Abstract

The book Be(com)ing a conference interpreter: An ethnography of EU interpreters as a professional communication offers a novel view of Conference Interpreting by looking at EU interpreters as a professional community of practice. In particular, Duflou’s work focuses on the nature of the competence conference interpreters working for the European Parliament and the European Commission need to acquire in order to cope with their professional tasks.

The contents of book include: Contents Situating the study; Collecting and analyzing ethnographic data; Finding; Beginners, newcomers and new colleagues; Learning the ropes; Turn management in the simultaneous booth; Turn management for beginners; Practice view on conference interpreting - so what?

Citation

Veerle Duflou. Be(com)ing a conference interpreter: An ethnography of EU interpreters as a professional communication. Jonh Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.

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