Interpreter Training in Context

Jie Liu is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow under the  "Postdoctoral International Exchange Program"  at Central China Normal University (CCNU) in Wuhan, China. He received his Ph.D. from Utrecht University (2015) and has been a Research Scholar at the University of Florida. Previously, he held an Associate Professorship at the National Huaqiao University, where he also served as Lead Interpreter. His work has been published in several international interpretation and translation journals. Over the past decade or so, Jie Liu has been an active conference interpreter and member of the Translators’ Association of China (TAC), and the European Society of Translation Studies (EST).

Chapter 1 Introducing Basic Concepts of Interpreting and InterpreterTraining.- Chapter 2  Contemporary Interpreter Training Practices in Europe and China.- Chapter 3 Acquiring Interpreting Competence through Training: European and Chinese Training Models Explored.- Chapter 4 Didactic Approaches to Interpreter Training: Contexts, Approaches and Coping Tactics.- Chapter 5 Optimizing Interpreting Education in the Chinese Context: Principles, Curriculum and Pedagogy.- Chapter 6 Towards a Contextual Model for Interpreter Education.

“Interpreter Training in Context: European and Chinese Models Reconsidered is a worthy addition to an important and highly relevant topic. Given its focus, a key part of the work’s audience will naturally be interpreter trainers working in China and/or with Mandarin Chinese … . the volume successfully blends theoretical and practical aspects in an insightful manner, with the clear potential to play an influential role in interpreter training in the Chinese context.” (Antony Hoyte-West, Studies in Comparative Education, Vol. 43 (1), 2022)