Mary Phelan lectures at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies in Dublin City University, Ireland. She has developed courses in Spanish-English Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting on the Applied Language degree and was involved in setting up the Graduate Diploma/M.A. in Conference Interpreting which began in 1999. Her research interest is community interpreting, particularly court and medical interpreting.
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. A Brief History of Interpreting
2. The Different Types of Interpreting
3. Hints for Speakers at Conferences
4. Community, Court and Medical Interpreting
5. Ethics
6. The European Union
7. War and Peace
8. The United Nations
9. Other International Organizations
10. Interpreters' Associations
Bibliography
Internet Sites
Appendix
Regional Maps of the World
Index