Audio Description and Interpreting Studies

Cheng Zhan is Professor of Translation and Interpreting Studies at the School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China. He is an active member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC), a certified conference interpreter of the People’s Republic of China, and Deputy Director of the Interpretation Committee of the Translators Association of China (TAC).Riccardo Moratto is Professor of Translation and Interpreting Studies at the Graduate Institute of Interpretation and Translation (GIIT), Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), China, AIIC member, member of Assointerpreti, Chartered Linguist and Fellow (FCIL) of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIoL), a polyglot, a conference interpreter and renowned literary translator. He is also the general editor of two book series at Routledge and editor-in-chief of Interpreting Studies for Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (SFLEP). Professor Moratto has published extensively in the fields of translation and interpreting studies and Chinese literature.

• Audio Description and Interpreting Studies at the IntersectionPart I: Comparison of Audio Description and Interpreting1. Interaction, Ad Hoc Renderings and Shared Meaning Making: Spontaneous and Live Audio Description as Forms of Interpreting2. Audio Description and Interpreting Studies: Complexities beyond PracticePart II: Implications of Audio Description Practice for Interpreting3. Communicating Meaning: The Importance of Embodied Performance in Oral Translation4. The Audio Describer as Cast Member: Audio Description at Every PerformancePart III: Implications of Interpreting Studies for Audio Description5. Assessment Criteria in Audio Describer Training: An Investigation of Learner Perceptions in a University Interpreting Programme in Hong Kong6. Beyond Words: Examining the Impact of Accent in Audio Description and Interpreting Research and Practice in the United KingdomPart IV: Audio Description Approach to Interpreter Training7. Audio Description in Interpreter Training: A Perspective of Interpreting Competence8. Impacts of Different Text Types of Audio Description on Undergraduate Students’ Simultaneous Interpreting Performance: A Pilot Study