This volume on current trends in conference interpreting covers such topics as: neurolinguistic aspects in simultaneous interpretation; interpreting as communication; the interaction between research and training; and linguistics, discourse analysis and interpretation.

1. Foreword (by Gile, Daniel); 2. Neurolinguistic aspects of simultaneous interpretation (by Fabbro, Franco); 3. Understanding for interpreting, interpreting for understanding (by Tijus, Charles); 4. Interpreting as communication (by Linell, Per); 5. Interpretation research policy (by Tommola, Jorma); 6. The interaction between research and training (by Dodds, John); 7. Methodology (by Gile, Daniel); 8. Quality in simultaneous interpreting (by Shlesinger, Miriam); 9. Skill components in simultaneous interpreting (by Moser-Mercer, Barbara); 10. Intercultural communication, negotiation and interpreting (by Kondo, Masaomi); 11. Linguistics, discourse analysis and interpretation (by Torsello, Carol); 12. On media and court interpreting (by Snelling, David C.); 13. Postscript (by Gile, Daniel); 14. References; 15. Index; 16. List of participants