Conference Interpreting – A Trainer’s Guide

This companion volume to Conference Interpreting – A Complete Course provides additional recommendations and theoretical and practical discussion for instructors, course designers and administrators. Chapters mirroring the Complete Course offer supplementary exercises, tips on materials selection, classroom practice, feedback and class morale, realistic case studies from professional practice, and a detailed rationale for each stage supported by critical reviews of the literature. Dedicated chapters address the role of theory and research in interpreter training, with outline syllabi for further qualification in interpreting studies at MA or PhD level; the current state of testing and professional certification, with proposals for an overhaul; the institutional and administrative challenges of running a high-quality training course; and designs and opportunities for further and teacher training, closing with a brief speculative look at future prospects for the profession.

Hong Jiang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, in Journal of Translation Studies 1(2) (2017):
The authors' efforts are unprecedented in scale and they have produced a set of works that give the most comprehensive summary of the best practices in conference interpreter training to date. The comprehensive nature of their deliberations means that an interpreter trainer can start from their books before expanding their perusal to wider and more in-depth reading for their practice in the classroom.