The thematic focus chosen for this book certainly makes it an inspiring and timely addition to our field. The great value of the book lies in that it demonstrates the wealth of insights that can be gained from workplace research that bridges diverse theoretical traditions and places humans front and centre. This book will be a rewarding read for anyone taking an interest in the complexity of real-world translation, interpreting and multilingual text production.

- Regina Rogl, University of Vienna, in JoSTrans, issue 32, 2019,

This well-selected volume of articles delves into the intricacies of the human mind in social interaction during translation activities and integrates new theoretical, applied and methodological perspectives on translation, interpreting and multilingual text production. It offers fascinating insights into the sociocognitive interface of which individual mental processes form part and challenges traditional views on the division between the cognitive and the social in translation.

- Hanna Risku, University of Vienna,

These papers are rich explorations of the complex ways in which cognition is embedded in context – human, institutional and technical. Explicitly, the studies focus on varieties of translating and interpreting, yet the book is also, implicitly, a fascinating illustration of the role of theoretical concepts and categories as tools for thinking. Examples are the heuristic value of forming a new concept such as “live translation”, reinterpreting an existing one such as “affect”, and the usefulness (or not!) of distinguishing between cognitive act and sociological event. This special issue volume impresses with its breadth and depth.

- Andrew Chesterman, University of Helsinki,