Aptitude for Interpreting

Special issue of Interpreting 13:1 (2011)

Editors

Miriam Shlesinger † | Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Franz Pöchhacker | University of Vienna, Austria

[Interpreting, 13:1] 2011. vi, 153 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 11 April 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/intp.13.1

Table of Contents

Introduction
Aptitude for interpreting Miriam Shlesinger † and Franz Pöchhacker	1–4
Articles
Aptitude testing over the years Mariachiara Russo	5–30
Learning styles, motivation and cognitive flexibility in interpreter training: Self-selection and aptitude Šárka Timarová and Heidi Salaets	31–52
A story of attitudes and aptitudes? Investigating individual difference variables within the context of interpreting Alexandra Rosiers, June Eyckmans and Daniel Bauwens	53–69
Cognitive and motivational contributors to aptitude: A study of spoken and signed language interpreting students Sherry Shaw	70–84
Evaluating emotional stability as a predictor of interpreter competence and aptitude for interpreting Karen Bontempo and Jemina Napier	85–105
Assessing aptitude for interpreting: The SynCloze test Franz Pöchhacker	106–120
Domain-general cognitive abilities and simultaneous interpreting skill Brooke N. Macnamara, Adam B. Moore, Judy A. Kegl and Andrew R.A. Conway	121–142
Book Reviews
Review of Angelelli & Jacobson (2009): Testing and assessment in translation and interpreting studies Reviewed by Roda P. Roberts	143–148
Review of Chabasse (2010): Gibt es eine Begabung für das Simultandolmetschen? Erstellung eines Dolmetscheignungstests Reviewed by Sylvia Kalina	149–153

Cited by (2)

Cited by two other publications

Donovan, Clare

2022. Remote aptitude testing for conference interpreting in Europe during and after the pandemic. InContext. Studies in Translation and Interculturalism 2:2 ► pp. 55 ff.

Teeter, Jennifer

2017. Improving Motivation to Learn English in Japan with a Self-Study Shadowing Application. Languages 2:4 ► pp. 19 ff.

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Subjects and metadata

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Interpreting

Translation Studies