Global Trends in Translator and Interpreter Training

This book looks at translator and interpreter training,focusing on mediation and culture in a global context.It updates numerous research currents in translator and interpreter educationby situating them in relation to broader curricular and technologicaldiscussions. Particular attention is given to the way in which translator andinterpreter training relates both to other topics on university curricula, andto recent developments in the professional sphere of language mediation. These include the new European standard for translation services and the ethicaltraining of interpreters.The significant impact of new technologies in translation is also studied.These discussions take place in the context of an increasingly mature andsophisticated theoretical environment of translator and interpreter trainingresearch, one which recognizes the implications of discourses such asconstructivism and objectives-oriented design for new pedagogies in the field.