Chinese-English interpreting and intercultural communication / Jim Hlavac and Zhichang Xu.

Author/creator Hlavac, Jim
Other author Xu, Zhichang.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Description1 online resource.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in sociolinguistics
Contents 1. Introduction: Concepts: Perspectives and Frameworks for Intercultural Communication --2. Mediated Intercultural Communication involving Chinese Speakers and English Speakers -- 3. The Interpreted Interaction -- 4. Chinese-English Interpreter-mediated Interactions -- 5. Findings and Implications for Intercultural Communication and for Chinese-English Interpreting -- References -- Index.
Abstract "Chinese and English are the world's largest languages and the number of interpreter-mediated interactions involving Chinese- and English-speakers has increased exponentially over the last 30 years. This book presents and describes examples of Chinese-English interpreting across a large number of settings: conference interpreting, diplomatic interpreting, media interpreting, business interpreting, police, legal and court interpreting, and healthcare interpreting. Interpreters working in these fields face not only the challenge of providing optimal inter-lingual transfer, they also need to fully understand the discourse-pragmatic conventions of both Chinese- and English-speakers. This innovative book provides an overview of established and contemporary frameworks of intercultural communication and applies these to a large sample of Chinese-English interpreted interactions. The authors introduce the Inter-Culturality Framework as a descriptive tool to identify and describe the strategies and footings that interpreters adopt. This book contains findings from detailed data with Chinese-English interpreters as experts not only in inter-lingual exchange, but cross-linguistic and intercultural communication. As such, it is a detailed and authoritative guide for trainee as well as practising Chinese-English interpreters"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Hlavac, Jim. Chinese-English interpreting and intercultural communication First. London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. 9781138669628
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019044288
ISBN9781315618111 (ebook)
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