List of Abbreviations

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgements xiii
4. List of Abbreviations xv
5. List of Tables xvi
6. List of Figures xviii
7. Executive summary xx
8. PART 1. Introduction
9. Vignette 1 Before the meeting 3
10. Chapter 1 Situating the study 8
11. Vignette 2 Be(com)ing a practisearcher 35
12. Chapter 2 Collecting and analyzing ethnographic data 44
13. PART 2. Findings
14. Vignette 3 Nomads of the institutions 79
15. Chapter 3 Organizational frameworks 93
16. Vignette 4 Looking for the new generation 126
17. Chapter 4 Beginners, newcomers & new colleagues 130
18. Vignette 5 The eternal beginner 151
19. Chapter 5 Learning the ropes 158
20. Vignette 6 Bart’s first working day as an EU interpreter 226
21. Chapter 6 Turn management in the simultaneous booth 234
22. Chapter 7 Turn management for beginners 287
23. PART 3. Concluding discussion
24. Chapter 8 A practice view on conference interpreting - so what? 313
25. Bibliography 322
26. Appendix 340
27. Index 391