This volume on current trends in conference interpreting covers such topics as: neurolinguistic aspects in simultaneous interpretation; interpreting as communication; the interaction between research and training; and linguistics, discourse analysis and interpretation.

'Conference Interpreting: What do we know and how?' is the title of a round-table conference (Turku 1994) organised to assess the state of the art in conference interpreting research. The result is collected in this volume with fully coordinated reports on the round tables. The book presents an exciting coverage of the field, touching on methodology, communication, discourse, culture, neurolinguistic and cognitive aspects, quality assessment, training and developing skills.