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Be(com)ing a conference interpreter : an ethnography of EU interpreters as a professional community / Veerle Duflou.
Van Pelt Library P306.8.E85 D84 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duflou, Veerle, author.
- Series:
- Benjamins translation library. EST subseries ; v. 124.
- Benjamins Translation Library. EST subseries, 0929-7316 ; volume 124
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Translating services--European Union countries.
- Translating services.
- Translating and interpreting--European Union countries.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Ethnology--European Union countries.
- Ethnology.
- Congresses and conventions--European Union countries.
- Congresses and conventions.
- Language and languages.
- European Union countries--Ethnology.
- European Union countries.
- European Union countries--Languages.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 392 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 Acknowledgements p. xiii
- 2 List of Abbreviations p. xv
- 3 List of Tables p. xvi
- 4 List of Figures p. xviii
- 5 Executive summary p. xx
- 6 PART 1 Introduction
- 7 Vignette 1 Before the meeting p. 3
- 8 Chapter 1 Situating the study p. 8
- 9 Vignette 2 Be(com)ing a practisearcher p. 35
- 10 Chapter 2 Collecting and analyzing ethnographic data p. 44
- 11 PART 2 Findings
- 12 Vignette 3 Nomads of the institutions p. 79
- 13 Chapter 3 Organizational frameworks p. 93
- 14 Vignette 4 Looking for the new generation p. 126
- 15 Chapter 4 Beginners, newcomers & new colleagues p. 130
- 16 Vignette 5 The eternal beginner p. 151
- 17 Chapter 5 Learning the ropes p. 158
- 18 Vignette 6 Bart's first working day as an EU interpreter p. 226
- 19 Chapter 6 Turn management in the simultaneous booth p. 234
- 20 Chapter 7 Turn management for beginners p. 287
- 21 PART 3 Concluding discussion
- 22 Chapter 8 A practice view on conference interpreting - so what? p. 313
- 23 Bibliography p. 322
- 24 Appendix p. 340
- 25 Index p. 391.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Duflou, Veerle, author. Be(com)ing a conference interpreter
- ISBN:
- 9789027258700
- 9027258708
- OCLC:
- 940922361
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