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Self-preservation in simultaneous interpreting : surviving the role /
The image of the tightrope walker illustrates the interpreter's balancing act. Compelled to move forward at a pace set by someone else, interpreters compensate for pressures and surges that might push them into the void. The author starts from the observation that conference interpreters tend t...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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| Series: | Benjamins translation library ;
v. 84. Benjamins translation library. EST subseries. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | The image of the tightrope walker illustrates the interpreter's balancing act. Compelled to move forward at a pace set by someone else, interpreters compensate for pressures and surges that might push them into the void. The author starts from the observation that conference interpreters tend to see survival as being their primary objective. It is interpreters' awareness of the essentially face-threatening nature of the profession that naturally induces them to seek what the author calls "dynamic equilibrium", a constantly evolving state in which problems are resolved in the interests of maint |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027289551 9027289557 9789027224286 9027224285 1282169912 9781282169913 |
| ISSN: | 0929-7316 ; |