This bestselling textbook, now fully updated, introduces students, researchers and
practitioners to the fast-developing discipline of Interpreting Studies. Written by one of the …

Performance is central to interpreting, both at the professional level and in the classroom.
Successful expert performance that meets the standards set for entry into the profession …

In the present paper I review the existing literature on aptitude testing with a view to
highlighting the main emerging themes: which qualities indicate an aptitude in a prospective …

Admission testing is an integral part of interpreter training, yet it is surrounded by much
controversy and scepticism. This paper first looks into some general principles of designing …

This article presents the first results of a longitudinal study involving a sample of 46 students
of the SSLMIT of Trieste. The study aims at developing an aptitude test for candidates to …

The IATIS Yearbook series has been published since 2005 and offers an annual collection
of papers representing state-of-the-art work within a selected area of translation and …

Based on a review of some of the most promising approaches to aptitude testing in the
literature this paper proposes a novel task piloted at the Center for Translation Studies of the …

La più antica forma di traduzione, l'interpretazione, è divenuta oggetto di ricerca scientifica
negli ultimi decenni, in particolare a seguito della crescente diffusione dell'interpretazione …

This longitudinal study on the predictive value of 'simultaneous' Italian-to-Italian oral
paraphrasing as an aptitude test for interpreting was conducted on 64 conference …

THE CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE INTERPRETER AS INTERCULTURAL MEDIATOR: A
COGNITIVE-PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO THE INTERPRETER’S ROLE Al Page 1 © Dr …