Introduction: Interpreting China, interpreting Chinese

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. About the authors vii
4. Introduction: Interpreting China, interpreting Chinese 1
5. Perceptions of translating/interpreting in first-century China 11
6. Sign-language interpreting in China 29
7. Address form shifts in interpreted Q&A sessions 55
8. Interpreting Cantonese utterance-final particles in bilingual courtroom discourse 81
9. Using Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) to describe the development of coherence in interpreting trainees 107
10. Assessing source material difficulty for consecutive interpreting: Quantifiable measures and holistic judgment 135
11. Report
12. Interpreter training and research in mainland China: Recent developments 157
13. Book Reviews
14. Lin Yuru, Lei Tianfang, Jack Lonergan, Chen Jing, Xiao Xiaoyan and Zhang Youping. Interpreting for tomorrow: A course book of interpreting skills between English and Chinese 175
15. Zhong Weihe, Zhao Junfeng, Mo Aiping and Zhan Cheng (Eds.). A coursebook of interpreting between English and Chinese 181
16. Index 185