The material which serves as a basis for practice and exercises is a range of speeches and press conferences, among others, which have been included in this volume on account of their oral style, which is suitable for the development and practice of simultaneous interpretation skills, as well as various strategies and techniques, that vary according to the type of speech. The exercises in the last chapter cover a range of skills, and strategies, while not being restricted to them. They include activities which can be done before the interpretation proper, as preparation exercises, as well as during the interpretation, and afterwards, as tools for performance analysis.

 

The book lends itself very well to the use by those who are not necessarily enrolled in the MATIS or any other MA programme in this field but wish and need additional practice as aspiring professionals in the field of simultaneous conference interpretation.