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Includes what is variously referred to in English as Community, Public Service, Liaison, Ad Hoc or Bilateral Interpreting - the defining characteristic being interpreter-mediated communication in spontaneous face-to-face interaction. This book also includes different kinds of professional encounters.

Claims that given a comprehensive theory of inferential communication, there is no need for a special theory of translation. This book includes a 'Postscript', where the author addresses peer criticism, especially from those involved in the movement of 'translation studies', and attempts to bring out the mandate of translation.

Encourages reflection on a range of issues in ways that foster further debate and collaboration on the development of doctoral studies within the field. This book describes the organization of doctoral work within the conceptual framework of a research group.

The notion of systems has helped revolutionize translation studies since the 1970s. This book explains how contemporary descriptive approaches came about, what the basic ideas were, and how those ideas have evolved over time. It addresses the fundamental problems of translation norms, equivalence, polysystems and social systems.

Starting from the critical notion that we should be asking questions of contemporary importance - and that 'importance' itself must be defined - this book sets about undoing many of the dominant models of translation history.