Mary Phelan lectures at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies in Dublin City University, Ireland. She has developed courses in Spanish-English Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting on the Applied Language degree and was involved in setting up the Graduate Diploma/M.A. in Conference Interpreting which began in 1999. Her research interest is community interpreting, particularly court and medical interpreting.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. A Brief History of Interpreting2. The Different Types of Interpreting3. Hints for Speakers at Conferences4. Community, Court and Medical Interpreting5. Ethics6. The European Union7. War and Peace8. The United Nations9. Other International Organizations10. Interpreters’ AssociationsBibliography Internet SitesAppendixRegional Maps of the WorldIndex

Mary Phelan lectures at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies in Dublin City University, Ireland. She has developed courses in Spanish-English Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting on the Applied Language degree and was involved in setting up the Graduate Diploma/M.A. in Conference Interpreting which began in 1999. Her research interest is community interpreting, particularly court and medical interpreting.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. A Brief History of Interpreting2. The Different Types of Interpreting3. Hints for Speakers at Conferences4. Community, Court and Medical Interpreting5. Ethics6. The European Union7. War and Peace8. The United Nations9. Other International Organizations10. Interpreters’ AssociationsBibliography Internet SitesAppendixRegional Maps of the WorldIndex

Mary Phelan lectures at the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies in Dublin City University, Ireland. She has developed courses in Spanish-English Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting on the Applied Language degree and was involved in setting up the Graduate Diploma/M.A. in Conference Interpreting which began in 1999. Her research interest is community interpreting, particularly court and medical interpreting.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. A Brief History of Interpreting2. The Different Types of Interpreting3. Hints for Speakers at Conferences4. Community, Court and Medical Interpreting5. Ethics6. The European Union7. War and Peace8. The United Nations9. Other International Organizations10. Interpreters’ AssociationsBibliography Internet SitesAppendixRegional Maps of the WorldIndex