• ISBN13: 9780367278427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: December 10, 2023
• Pages: 536
• Original Price: 200.0 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 920 grams

This handbook a comprehensive overview of research in Public Service, or Community Interpreting. It offers reflections and suggestions for improving public service communication in plurilingual settings and provides tools for dealing with public service communication in a global society.

Laura Gavioli is a Professor of English language and English-Italian translation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and an expert in institutional, cross-cultural interaction. Since the beginning of the 2000s, she has published work on interpreter-mediated interaction, including a recent paper, with Cecilia Wadensjö , published in Health Communication (39/9, 2021).

Cecilia Wadensjö is a Professor of Interpreting and Translation Studies at Stockholm University. Since the early 1990s, she has published research on naturally occurring interpreter-mediated institutional discourse, e.g. the book Interpreting as Interaction (Routledge, 2016). She is a member of the editorial board of Interpreting: International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting.