Consecutive Interpreting ― A Short Course

Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course provides a step-by-step guide to consecutive interpreting. This user-friendly coursebook tackles key skills such as presentation, analysis, note-taking and reformulation, as well as advanced market-related skills such as preparation for assignments, protocol and practical tips for working interpreters. Each chapter provides examples of the skill, as well as a variety of exercises to learnt the skill both in isolation and then in combination with other skills.

Including model answers, a glossary of terms and further reading suggestions, this is the essential coursebook for all students studying consecutive interpreting on conference interpreting courses and interpreter trainers looking for innovative ways of teaching consecutive interpreting.

Andrew Gillies trains students, interpreters and interpreter-trainers world-wide on behalf of universities, international institutions and the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC). He also created the Interpreter Training Resources website and is the author of several books, including Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting (2017).