New insights in the history of interpreting / edited by Kayoko Takeda, ; Jesús Baigorri-Jalón.

Other author Baigorri Jalón, Jesús.
Other author Takeda, Kayoko.
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Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]
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SeriesBenjamins Translation Library, ISSN 0929-7316 ; 122
Contents Introduction / Jesús Baigorri-Jalón and Kayoko Takeda -- 1. Defining Sillan interpreters in first-millennium East Asian exchanges / Rachel Lung -- 2. Interpreting practices in the Age of Discovery: The early stages of the Spanish empire in the Americas / Icíar Alonso-Araguás -- 3. Interpreting for the Inquisition - Marcos Sarmiento-Pérez / 4. Nagasaki Tsuji in historical novels by Yoshimura Akira: An alternative way of studying the history of interpreters / Torikai Kumiko -- 5. The U.S. Department of State's Corps of Student Interpreters: A precursor to the diplomatic interpreting of today? / David B. Sawyer -- 6. At the dawn of simultaneous interpreting in the USSR: Filling some gaps in history / Sergei Chernov -- The use of photographs as historical sources, a case study: Early simultaneous interpreting at the United Nations. / Jesús Baigorri-Jalón -- 8. 'Crime' of interpreting: Taiwanese interpreters as war criminals of the Second World War / Shi-chi Mike Lan -- 9. Guilt, survival, opportunities and stigma: Japanese interpreters in the post-war occupation period (1945-1952) / Kayoko Takeda -- 10. Risk analysis as a heuristic tool in the historiography of interpreters. -- For an understanding of worst practices -- Anthony pym.
General note"Bringing together papers from an international symposium held at Rikkyo University in 2014 along with two select pieces, this volume pursues such questions in an eclectic exploration of the practice of interpreting, the recruitment of interpreters, and the challenges interpreters have faced in diplomacy, colonization, religion, war, and occupation."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: New insights in the history of interpreting Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016] 9789027258670
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