Interpreting Chinese, Interpreting China -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- About the Authors -- Interpreting China - practice, training and research -- The historical and cultural context -- Profession, training and research -- Notes -- References -- Perceptions of translating/interpreting in first-century China -- Introduction -- Earliest records of labels for interpreters -- Background of interpreting events in first-century China -- Interpreting encounters with frontier tribes -- Zhu Fu's perception of Yi -- Tian Gong's perception of Yi -- The Emperor's perception of Yi -- Implications -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Sign-language interpreting in China: a survey -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The survey -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Materials -- 2.3 Procedure -- 3. Results -- 3.1 Profile of respondents (IQ questions 1-5, DQ questions 1-2) -- 3.2 The SLI Market (IQ questions 6 & 7, DQ questions 3-5) -- 3.3 Professional issues (IQ questions 8-14, DQ question 6) -- 3.4 Interpreting direction and difficulty (IQ questions 15-17) -- 3.5 Quality issues (DQ questions 7-10) -- 3.6 Role of SL interpreters (IQ question 18, DQ question 11) -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1 The pool of interpreters and training issues -- 4.2 The market -- 4.3 The Chinese sign language -- 4.4 Directionality -- 4.5 Quality -- 4.6 Limitations of the study -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1: Interpreter's Questionnaire on SLI (IQ) -- Appendix 2: Deaf Users' Questionnaire on SLI (DQ) -- Address form shifts in interpreted Q&A sessions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Simultaneous interpreting during Q&A sessions -- 2.2 Language choices in Q&A sessions -- 2.3 Address forms in Q&A sessions -- 3. The study -- 3.1 Data -- 4. Results.

4.1 Bilingual/multilingual-mediated communication -- 4.2 Monolingual communication -- 4.3 English-as-lingua-franca communication -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Appendix -- Interpreting Cantonese utterance-final particles in bilingual courtroom discourse -- Introduction -- The Cantonese utterance-final particle -- The context -- The data -- Analysis and findings -- Individual use of utterance particle in context -- Differences in frequency of use -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Transcription conventions -- Using Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) to describe the development of coherence in I trainees -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Coherence in interpreting -- 3. Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) -- 3.1 RST relations and definitions -- 3.2 Applications of RST -- 3.3 RST for comparing interpretations -- 4. Methodology -- 4.1 Subjects -- 4.2 Data collection -- 4.3 Data annotation -- 4.4 RST trees and tree weight -- 5. Results -- 5.1 Trees vs. bushes -- 5.2 Coherence profile -- 5.3 Benchmark validation -- 5.4 'Heavier' RST trees in Chinese -- 5.5 'Heavier' RST trees of professional interpretations -- 5.6 Quality awareness facilitates performance -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References -- Assessing source material difficulty for consecutive interpreting -- Introduction -- Method -- Results and Discussion -- General discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Experimental materials -- Interpreter training and research in mainland China -- 1. The development of Translation Studies into an autonomous discipline in mainland China -- 2. An overview of (translation and) interpreting programs -- 3. Interpreter training: Curriculum design -- 4. Examples of post-graduate interpreter training programs in leading institutions -- 4.1 Beijing University of Foreign Studies ('Beiwai').

4.2 Shanghai International Studies University ('Shangwai') -- 4.3 University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) ('Jingmaoda') -- 4.4 Guangdong University of Foreign Studies ('Guangwai') -- 4.5 Xiamen University ('Xiada') -- 5. Textbooks for interpreter training -- 6. Interpreter accreditation -- 7. Published interpreting research in mainland China: An overview -- 7.1 Journal articles in interpreting studies -- 7.2 The National Conference on Interpreting -- 7.3 Books on interpreting studies by Chinese authors -- 8. Looking ahead: Challenges and opportunities -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References -- Book Review of "Interpreting for tomorrow: A course book of interpreting skills between English and Chinese", by Lin Yuru, Lei Tianfang, Jack Lonergan, Chen Jing, Xiao Xiaoyan, Zhuang Hongshan and Zhang Youping. -- Notes -- References -- Book review of "A coursebook of interpreting between English and Chinese", edited by Zhong Weihe, Zhao Junfeng, Mo Aiping and Zhan Cheng. -- Index.