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Interpreting in the Community and Workplace

A Practical Teaching Guide

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Mette Rudvin

    1. Università di Bologna, Italy

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  2. Elena Tomassini

    1. SSML Fondazione Universitaria San Pellegrino, Italy

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Mette Rudvin, Elena Tomassini
    Pages 1-10

  3. Interpreting In and For the Community, Between Practice and Practitioners: A Few Theoretical Premises

    • Mette Rudvin, Elena Tomassini
    Pages 11-24

  4. Theoretical Issues: The Impact of Cross-cultural Communication, Institutional Hierarchies and Professional Ethics on Interpreting

    • Mette Rudvin, Elena Tomassini
    Pages 25-43

  5. Background: Health Services, Legal Institutions and the Business Sector

    • Mette Rudvin, Elena Tomassini
    Pages 44-78

  6. Teaching Methods and Objectives: Course Structure

    • Mette Rudvin, Elena Tomassini
    Pages 79-88

  7. In the Classroom

    • Mette Rudvin, Elena Tomassini
    Pages 89-139

  8. Annotated Dialogues

    • Mette Rudvin, Elena Tomassini
    Pages 140-217

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 218-237
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About this book

An innovative and comprehensive guide that can be applied to a wide range of dialogue settings this educational tool for trainers in all fields of dialogue interpreting addresses not only the two key areas of Community- and Public Service Interpreting, the legal and health sectors, but also business interpreting.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Università di Bologna, Italy

    Mette Rudvin

  • SSML Fondazione Universitaria San Pellegrino, Italy

    Elena Tomassini

About the authors

METTE RUDVIN has been teaching at the University of Bologna, Italy since 1996. She works from time to time as a community interpreter between English, Italian and Urdu and has published widely on translation and community interpreting. 

ELENA TOMASSINI has been working as a conference interpreter since 1980. She taught at the University of Bologna from 1992 to 2009 and now teaches at SSML (Science of Linguistic Mediation), Fondazione Universitaria San Pellegrino.

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