When Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Georges Clemenceau met in Versailles in January 1919, they ushered in the modern era of multilateral diplomacy and--perhaps inadvertently--laid the foundation for a new profession. Indeed, communication among these statesmen was only possible thanks to the first conference interpreters. For the following 100 years, these interpreters would become a permanent fixture at all international multilateral conferences. As we celebrate one century of conference interpreting, this volume takes stock of some of the most important mil.

• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Time to Take Stock
• Prologue
• Once Upon a Time at the ILO
• Chapter I
• Fifty Years of Research on Anticipation in Simultaneous Interpreting
• Preparation Strategies for Sign Language Conference Interpreting
• Simultaneous Interpretation of Political Press Conferences in Diplomatic vs. Media Settings
• Written Interpretation
• Chapter II
• Conference Interpreting Skills
• Understanding A, B and C
• Critical Discourse Analysis
• Tutor-Student Interaction in Online Interpreter Training
• Chapter III
• Introducing the Discussion
• Question 1
• Perroquets Savants ou Professionnels Aguerris ?
• The Management of Interpretation Services
• The Interpreter as Partner in a Multidimensional Act of Communication
• The Management of Interpreting Services and the Need to Acknowledge the Costs of Preparation for Interpreters
• Question 2
• Los que Escuchan a los Intérpretes
• Public Relations and the Way Forward
• The Role of the Interpreter and Public Relations
• One Hand Cannot Clap!
• Question 3
• Training Deployable Conference Interpreters for Multilingual Diplomacy
• Is In-House Training the Answer?
• In-House Training and IO-University Cooperation
• In-House Training of Deployable Conference Interpreters
• Question 4
• What Can Research Deliver and How?
• Interpreting and Ethnography
• Research into Interpreting
• Understanding RSI through Research
• Question 5
• Distance Interpreting and the Risk of Alienation
• The Impact of Remote Conference Interpreting
• Évolution Dans L’aliénation
• Déconnectés dans la Connexion
• Question 6
• Shaping the Future as a Global Community
• The Conference of the Future
• Interpreters will not be Replaced by Technology, but by Interpreters using Technology
• Interpreting, Technology and Humanity
• Epilogue
• Concluding Thoughts
• Contributors