Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating

The Editors: Valerie Pellatt teaches Chinese interpreting and translating, previously at Bath University, and now at Newcastle University.Kate Griffiths is a freelance translator and teaches Chinese to English translation at Bath University.Shao-Chuan (Fred) Wu trained as an interpreter at Monterey Institute of International Studies and now teaches Chinese interpreting and translating at Newcastle University.

• Contents: Valerie Pellatt: Introduction – Zakia Deeb: First Reading = Lasting Meaning: Students’ Misreadings of ST Vocabulary in Translation Exams – Chian-Li Lin: Discourse Analysis and the Teaching of Translation – Elena Xeni: Introducing the Study of Translation in Language Pedagogy of the Early Years: Why ‘a Must’? – Angela Uribe de Kellett/Steven Kidd: Graingertoon: From Translation to Pedagogy – Ya-Yun Chen: Trainee Translators’ Reflective Learning in Small Group Discussion – Mary Ann Kenny: The Impact of Task Design on Small-group Interaction in an Online Translation Exercise Classroom – Yvonne Wen: Teaching Translation in TVES of Taiwan: Teamwork Works – Chus Fernández Prieto/Francisca Sempere Linares: Shifting from Translation Competence to Translator Competence: Can Constructivism Help? – Elisa Calvo: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Spanish Translation and Interpreting Curriculum – Federico M. Federici: Assessing Translation Skills: Reflective Practice on Linguistic and Cultural Awareness – Maria Kasandrinou: Evaluation as a Means of Quality Assurance: What is it and how can it be done? – Elisa Calvo/Dorothy Kelly/Marián Morón: A Project to Boost and Improve Employability Chances among Translation and Interpreting Graduates in Spain – Diana Berber: The Use of Pedagogical and Non-pedagogical ICT in Conference Interpreter Training – Frans De Laet: Mock Conferences: A Challenge for Trainer and Trainee – Dinghong Fan: Towards More Relevant Skills-oriented Interpreter Training for Chinese Students – Hildegard Vermeiren: The Final Evaluation of Interpreter Performances: A Social Practice – Shao-Chuan Wu: Some Reliability Issues of Simultaneous Interpreting Assessment within the Educational Context.