Introduction

Abstract

This book attempts to fill a gap in the literature on training interpreters in the workplace, in both public and private institutions. Although the main focus of the book is on interpreting for public institutions, commonly known as ‘community interpreting’ and/or ‘public service interpreting’, we have chosen to include interpreting for private, commercially driven institutions and enterprises, which would usually be known as ‘business interpreting’ and ‘liaison interpreting’. We believe this is the pedagogically innovative contribution of this book.