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Modelling the Field of Community Interpreting

Questions of Methodology in Research and Training

The field of community interpreting is characterised by continually changing political, social, institutional and cultural contexts. Over the last few years new approaches to the training of community interpreters have been conceptualised to meet the requirements of these developments and to replace lay interpreters by trained interpreters. The contributions of this volume present both innovative models of didactics and curricula for community interpreters and empirically and methodologically challenging analyses of various fields of community interpreting.

The importance of effective communication becomes evident when a problem is
experienced and the language service delivery is not up to standard or if it comes
abruptly to a standstill. It becomes even more evident in an intercultural context
when communication takes the form of an extended communication activity, i.e.
extended in the sense that a language intermediary becomes involved.
Language and language policy was decisive in the transformation to a
democratic South ...