Biographical notes

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Chapter 1. Voices from around the world 1
4. Chapter 2. Indigenous interpreters on trial in the Spanish Empire 25
5. Chapter 3. Interpreters of Mapudungun and the Chilean State during the 1880–1930 period 53
6. Chapter 4. An overview of the role of interpreters during the Portuguese expansion through Africa (1415–1600) 81
7. Chapter 5. Mediating a complex cultural matrix 120
8. Chapter 6. Interpreting with “human sympathy” 145
9. Chapter 7. The colonized in conflict 171
10. Chapter 8. Interpreters of mission 193
11. Chapter 9. Domesticating dragomans 212
12. Chapter 10. The interpreter as “anti-hero” 238
13. Chapter 11. When the armies went back home 268
14. Chapter 12. Conclusion 288
15. Biographical notes 296
16. Place index 300
17. Name index 302
18. Language index 305
19. Subject index 306
20. Image index 309