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The first chapter begins with the historiographic tradition of interpreting and interpreter training. It sets out a conceptual basis for our pursuit of an educational model in the Chinese case. Interpreting is regarded here as an immediate form of inter-lingual explanatory communication. After discussing the characteristics of interpreting and looking through its professionalization in the 20th century, interpreting is compared to translation in seven dimensions so as to illustrate the distinctive object of study which interpreting brings to light. The build-up of the discipline of interpreting studies over the past 50 to 60 years and an analysis of the oral features of the study object are also provided.
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All translations from non-English sources (notably Chinese) in this book were done by the author.
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See more http://www.catti.net.cn/ (accessed 10/09/2010).
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This is adapted from a lecture given by Prof. Wang in the Chinese National Library on 21 February 2006.
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Liu, J. (2020). Introducing Basic Concepts of Interpreting and Interpreter Training. In: Interpreter Training in Context. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8594-4_1
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