SANDRA HALE is Associate Professor and Head of the Interpreting and Translation Research Group, University of Western Sydney, Australia. She has extensive experience as an interpreter, educator and researcher. She chaired the Critical Link 5 Congress held in 2007, and is the author of The Discourse of Court Interpreting.

• General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: KEY CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH ISSUES Overview of the Field of Interpreting and Main Theoretical Concepts Interdisciplinarity: Community Interpreting in the Medical Context Interdisciplinarity: Community Interpreting in the Legal Context PART 2: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Analysing the Interpreters' Code of Ethics The Practitioners' Voices: Views, Perceptions and Exceptions from Legal, Medical and Interpreting Practitioners Community Interpreting Training PART 3: RESEARCH INTO COMMUNITY INTERPRETING Main Traditions and Approaches in Community Interpreting Research Conducting Research in Community Interpreting PART 4: FURTHER RESOURCES IN COMMUNITY INTERPRETING Key Resources References Index