Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

Introducing interpreter training in Central Europe

Part I.: Interpreter training programmes in continuous evolution

Public service interpreting in the context of social and political tensions

Pathways in interpreter training: an Austrian perspective

Sign-language interpreting and community interpreting – collaboration and mutual gains

Towards a common blended learning model for conference and public service interpreting: A case study

The evolution of interpreter training in Hungary: from consecutive to conference and legal interpreting

New training methods and education formats in interpreter training at the Institute of Translation Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Designing curricula from scratch: how countries in Central Europe with no tradition of formal PSIT training provide interpreting in the public sector

From conference to community interpreter education: The transformation of interpreter education in Slovenia

Part II.: Motivating students of interpreting

Motivational structure and the interpreter’s personality

Interpreter trainees’ performance – motivation, quality and assessment (an empirical study)

Self-reflection tools in interpreter training: a case study involving learners’ diaries

Interpreter training in Central Europe: looking back and ahead

Index

About the Author

Pavol Šveda teaches interpreting studies at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Combining an active interpreting career with the training of future interpreters, his research concerns the pedagogy of interpreter training, curriculum design, and the sociological aspects of translation and interpreting.

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