China's emergence has generated a wave of interest in interpreting and interpreter training. This collection of papers explores topics as diverse as historical conceptions of the interpreter's role, interaction with linguistic minorities, methods for training and assessment, and negotiating hazards.

1. About the authors; 2. Introduction: Interpreting China, interpreting Chinese (by Setton, Robin); 3. Perceptions of translating/interpreting in first-century China (by Lung, Rachel); 4. Sign-language interpreting in China: A survey (by Xiao Xiaoyan); 5. Address form shifts in interpreted Q&A sessions (by Chang, Chia-chien); 6. Interpreting Cantonese utterance-final particles in bilingual courtroom discourse (by Leung, Ester); 7. Using Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) to describe the development of coherence in interpreting trainees (by Peng, Gracie); 8. Assessing source material difficulty for consecutive interpreting: Quantifiable measures and holistic judgment (by Liu, Minhua); 9. Report; 10. Interpreter training and research in mainland China: Recent developments (by Wang Binhua); 11. Book Reviews; 12. Lin Yuru, Lei Tianfang, Jack Lonergan, Chen Jing, Xiao Xiaoyan and Zhang Youping. Interpreting for tomorrow: A course book of interpreting skills between English and Chinese (by Chen, Yanjun); 13. Zhong Weihe, Zhao Junfeng, Mo Aiping and Zhan Cheng (Eds.). A coursebook of interpreting between English and Chinese (by Zhou Xiaofeng); 14. Index

Highly readable and quite informative, illustrating the latest developments in interpreting studies in the Chinese context to the Anglophone world. Some of the studies treat the most challenging topics in translation studies, providing innovative insights from Chinese perspectives. Their valuable and thought-provoking contributions will enable an international readership to have a better understanding of interpreting-related issues.