Although Spanish was the primary language of an estimated 11% of adults in the year 2000,
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This bestselling textbook, now fully updated, introduces students, researchers and
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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies is the authoritative reference for anyone
with an academic or professional interest in interpreting. Drawing on the expertise of an …

This is a comprehensive overview of the field of Community Interpreting. It explores the
relationship between research, training and practice, reviewing the main theoretical …

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When healthcare providers and patients do not speak the same language, medical
interpreters are called in to help. In this book-the first ever ethnographic study of a bilingual …

Cross-cultural research is rife with ethical and methodological challenges but, despite the
increased demand for such research, discussions on'culturally sensitive methodologies' are …

Abstract Information management is an important component of coping with illness and
illness-related uncertainty. Normative theory and research on information seeking and …

This book is about bilingual young people who have been selected by their families to carry
out the hard work of interpreting and translating to mediate communication between …