Interpreters who work with signed languages and those who work strictly with spoken languages share many of the same issues regarding their training, skill sets, and fundamentals of practice. This title is of interest to both students of signed language interpreting and practitioners working in community, conference, and education settings.

1. Contributors; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. Part I. Introduction; 4. Introduction to the theory and practice of signed language interpreting (by Janzen, Terry); 5. Part II. Aspects of interpreting theory; 6. Towards a cognitive model of interpreting (by Wilcox, Sherman); 7. Making the effort in simultaneous interpreting: Some considerations for signed language interpreters (by Leeson, Lorraine); 8. Interpretation and language use: ASL and English (by Janzen, Terry); 9. Contact sign, transliteration and interpretation in Canada (by Malcolm, Karen); 10. Consecutive and simultaneous interpreting (by Russell, Debra); 11. Ethics and professionalism in interpreting (by Janzen, Terry); 12. Part III. Interpreting in practice; 13. The working interpreter (by Demers, Hubert); 14. Best practices in interpreting: A deaf community perspective (by Stratiy, Angela); 15. Vying with variation: Interpreting language contact, gender variation and generational difference (by Leeson, Lorraine); 16. Case studies in education: Practical application of ethics and role (by Conrad, Patricia); 17. Deaf interpreters (by Boudreault, Patrick); 18. Index