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Author:   Jonathan Downie (Consultant Interpreter, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781138586437

ISBN 10:   1138586439
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   10 December 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Level One – The fundamentals Chapter 1: What is interpreting? Chapter 2: How humans interpret Chapter 3: How computers ""interpret"" Level Two – How machines gained the upper hand Chapter 4: How we wrecked our own PR Chapter 5: Speech translation's marvellous (but misleading) marketing Level Three – Choose your interpreting future Chapter 6: Human interpreting as a stopgap Chapter 7: Hanging on with legal help Chapter 8: Mastering niches Chapter 9: Making interpreting matter again Level Four – Interpreting that beats the bots Chapter 10: Beating the bots Stage One: taking back interpreting PR Chapter 11: Marketing interpreting that matters Chapter 12: Deliver more than words Chapter 13: Coaching and supervision Level Five – One last thought Chapter 14: It's time to call a truce Bibliography Index"

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Jonathan Downie continues his mission to bring interpreting research to the people. Outspokenly, he tackles fundamental questions for interpreters in the 21st Century. Firmly grounded in Interpreting Studies, Downie interlaces research with anecdotes well-founded in any interpreter's daily life. It is an equally trailblazing and sulphurous book on the aspirations of machine interpreting, and the fatal mistake of not making a difference. The book is a welcome addition both to the debate on the future of interpreting and to my students' literature list. Elisabet Tiselius, Stockholm University, Sweden A deep exploration of the limits of language, technology and the enabling power of human mediation in promoting understanding. This book puts interpreters back in the driver's seat, where they belong. Ewandro Magalhaes, Technology Advocate and Former Chief Interpreter in the UN System, USA

Jonathan Downie continues his mission to bring interpreting research to the people. Outspokenly, he tackles fundamental questions for interpreters in the 21st Century. Firmly grounded in Interpreting Studies, Downie interlaces research with anecdotes well-founded in any interpreter's daily life. It is an equally trailblazing and sulphurous essay on the aspirations of machine interpreting, and the fatal mistake of not making a difference. The book is a welcome addition both to the debate on the future of interpreting and to my students' literature list. Elisabet Tiselius, Stockholm University, Sweden

Author Information

Jonathan Downie is a consultant interpreter, French to English and English to French conference and business interpreter, researcher and speaker on interpreting. He regularly writes on the connections between research in practice in interpreting and translation for the ITI Bulletin and VKD Kurier. He is the author of the award-winning and critically acclaimed Being a Successful Interpreter: Adding Value and Delivering Excellence.

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