Deaf Interpreters at Work - International Insights

Informationen zum Autor Robert Adam is Senior Research Associate, Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre, University College London, United Kingdom. Christopher Stone is Associate Professor, Department of Interpretation, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC. Steven D. Collins is Assistant Professor, Department of Interpretation, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC. Melanie Metzger is Professor and Chair, Department of Interpretation, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC. Klappentext In this first-of-its kind volume, 17 widely respected scholars depict the everyday practices of deaf interpreters in their respective nations, detailing the development of accreditation to raise their professional profiles. Zusammenfassung A collection featuring 17 widely respected scholars who depict the everyday practices of deaf interpreters in their respective nations. It presents the history of Deaf translators and interpreters and details the development of testing and accreditation to raise their professional profiles.

Product details

• Authors: Robert (EDT)/ Stone Adam
• Assisted by: Robert Adam (Editor), Steven D Collins (Editor), Steven D. Collins (Editor), Melanie Metzger (Editor), Christopher Stone (Editor), Christopher A Stone (Editor), Christopher A. Stone (Editor)
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2014
• EAN: 9781563686092
• ISBN: 978-1-56368-609-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Studies in Interpretation; Studies in Interpretation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics