The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Interpreting

Foreword

Introduction

Part I History of Chinese Interpreting

1. Usage Patterns of the Verbs Yi (Interpreting) and Chongyi (Relay Interpreting) in Classical China 

Rachel Lung

2. The Position of Chinese Interpreters in the Nineteenth-Century Dutch East Indies 

Audrey Heijns

3. Interpreters for the Chinese Labourers on the Western Front during World War I 

Fang Qian

4. Forging a Critical Link for Communication at War: China’s World War II Interpreter Training Practice

Jie Liu

Part II Settings of Chinese Interpreting

5. Revisiting Interpreters’ Subjectivity in Political Settings Through the Lens of Evaluative Shifts 

Jing Huang

6. Exploring Non-professional Interpreting in Museums: A Multimodal Perspective   

Jiqing Dong

7. Risk Management in Media Interpreting – A Case of Press Conferences for Chinese Cinema at the 2023 Berlinale 

Xu Li and Cheng Zhan

8. Interpreting English Police Interviewing Questions into Mandarin: An Analysis From Mandarin-Speaking Interviewees’ Perspective 

Tiansu Zhang, Miranda Lai and Georgina Heydon

9. What Can a Bilingual Corpus Tell Us About the Interpretation of Rape Trials

Ester Leung

10. Development of Evaluation System for Teleconference Interpreting: Taking Medical Interpreting as an Example

Jing Lei, Likai Yin and Fangyuan Hua

 

Part III Modalities of Chinese Interpreting

11. Multimodality in Note-taking: A Social Semiotic Approach

Liwen Chang

12. Sight Translation between Chinese and English: An Overview

Jing Fang

13. Reading processes in English-Chinese Sight Interpreting/Translation Tasks

Chen-En Ho and Yao Xiao

14. Modelling Error Types in Consecutive Interpreting 

Rong Lu, Muhammad Alif Redzuan Abdullah, Lay Hoon Ang

15. Mapping the Role Space of Sign Language Interpreters in Chinese Hospitals

Xiaoyan Xiao,Yezi Li, and Xiao Zhao

 

Part IV Chinese Interpreter Education and Evaluation

16. Chinese Interpreter Education at the First Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation in the Chinese Mainland: Evolution of Programs, Curricula, Selection and Pedagogy 

Xinchao Lu

17. Training and Education for Chinese Interpreters: Programs and Certifications 

Yi Liu and Dechao Li

18. Teaching Professional Ethics to Students of Interpreting in the Chinese Context

Bin Yao and Jie Zhu

19. Trainee Interpreters’ Perceptions of the Utilities of Exemplars in Assessing Interpreting Performance 

Xiaoqi Shang

20. Assessing Construct Validity of Interpreting Aptitude Tests from a Unitary View: An Example of Retelling Tests 

Xinyuan Liu, Lei Mu and Weiqing Xiao

21. Mapping Research Scope and Topics in IS: An overview of Doctoral Dissertations in China’s mainland (2000-2022)

Ying Wang

22. Constructing a Cognitive Diagnostic Framework for Interpreting Competence Assessment 

Yang Yang and Xinyuan Liu

 

Part V Chinese Interpreting in Macao, Hong Kong, and Languages Other Than English (LOTE)

23. The History, Current Status, and Prospects of Chinese-Portuguese Interpreting in Macao

Lili Han and Yuqi Sun

24. Two Tales of a City: Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting in Hong Kong

Kaifusai Julaiti and Andrew K.F. Cheung

25. Status Quo and Issues of Chinese-Italian Interpreting Teaching in the Chinese Mainland

Xuefeng Yu and Riccardo Moratto

26. Chinese Interpreting in Italy: An Overview

Ilaria Tipà and Riccardo Moratto

27. Structural Differences in Nominal Phrases between Chinese and Spanish and their Coping Tactics in Chinese-To-Spanish Simultaneous Interpreting

Zhizhi Zhang and Pablo Encinas Arquero

28. Arabic Language Teaching and Interpreter Training in the Context of Rapidly Evolving China-Arab Relations

Zijian Guo and Guanda Xue

Part VI Future Trends of Chinese Interpreting

29. Computer-Assisted Interpreting in China

Meng Guo, Lili Han and Defeng Li

30. Impact and Implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Interpreting Preparation

Zhi Li and Huashu Wang

31. Towards an ‘Outward Turn’ in Chinese Interpreting Studies: An Attitudinal and Conceptual Change

Chonglong Gu

Biography

Riccardo Moratto is Professor at the Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT), Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), AIIC member, member of Assointerpreti, expert member of the Translators Association of China (TAC), and member of numerous other associations. Professor Moratto is editor-in-chief of Interpreting Studies for Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (外教社), general editor of Routledge Studies in East Asian Interpreting and Routledge Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature.

Cheng Zhan is Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China). He obtained his MA in Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies from the University of Warwick, and his PhD in interpreting studies at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. An active member of AIIC, his research interests focus on the sociocultural aspects of interpreting, interpreting training, and audio description. He has published five monographs and ten interpreting textbooks, and co-edited two volumes for Routledge.

This volume’s in-depth examination of issues specific to China and Chinese interpreting not only deepens the reader’s understanding of elements unique to China and Chinese interpreting, but also offers universal lessons in how pedagogical, institutional, and professional practices can (and must!) adapt to meet the needs of a rapidly changing world. I recommend this book to interpreter educators, researchers, and practicing professionals of all language combinations interested in deepening their knowledge of interpretation history, settings, modalities, education, assessment, and future trends.

Laura Burian, Professor of Chinese/ English translation and interpretation Dean of Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development, Former Dean of the Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation, and Language Education (GSTILE), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS)