Christina Schäffner is a Reader in Translation Studies (German) in the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University (Birmingham, UK). Her main research interests are translation studies, political discourse, textlinguistics, and metaphor research. She has published widely in these fields.

The collection is rich with suggestion for translation and interpreting researchers due to its focusing primarily on the sociological dimension of TS and also because it keeps suggesting a necessary collaboration between translation (in its generic sense) researchers and all the disciplines related to translation studies.

• The Contributors Christina Schäffner: Researching Translation and Interpreting1 Daniel Gile: Translation Research versus Interpreting Research: Kinship, Differences and Prospects for Partnership2 The Debate 3 Jan Cambridge: Public Service Interpreting: Practice and Scope for Research4 Andrew Chesterman: Paradigm Problems?5 Janet Fraser: Translation Research and Interpreting Research – Pure, Applied, Action or Pedagogic?6 Yves Gambier: Translation Studies: A Succession of Paradoxes7 Moira Inghilleri: Aligning Macro- and Micro-Dimensions in Interpreting Research8 Zuzana Jettmarová: A Way to Methodology: The Institutional Role in TS Research Training and Development9 Ian Mason: Conduits, Mediators, Spokespersons: Investigating Translator/Interpreter Behaviour10 Mariana Orozco: The Clue to Common Research in Translation and Interpreting: Methodology11 Franz Pöchhacker: I in TS: On Partnership in Translation Studies12 Miriam Shlesinger: Doorstep Inter-subdisciplinarity and Beyond13 Daniel Gile: Response to the Invited Papers

Christina Schäffner is a Reader in Translation Studies (German) in the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University (Birmingham, UK). Her main research interests are translation studies, political discourse, textlinguistics, and metaphor research. She has published widely in these fields.

The collection is rich with suggestion for translation and interpreting researchers due to its focusing primarily on the sociological dimension of TS and also because it keeps suggesting a necessary collaboration between translation (in its generic sense) researchers and all the disciplines related to translation studies.

• The Contributors Christina Schäffner: Researching Translation and Interpreting1 Daniel Gile: Translation Research versus Interpreting Research: Kinship, Differences and Prospects for Partnership2 The Debate 3 Jan Cambridge: Public Service Interpreting: Practice and Scope for Research4 Andrew Chesterman: Paradigm Problems?5 Janet Fraser: Translation Research and Interpreting Research – Pure, Applied, Action or Pedagogic?6 Yves Gambier: Translation Studies: A Succession of Paradoxes7 Moira Inghilleri: Aligning Macro- and Micro-Dimensions in Interpreting Research8 Zuzana Jettmarová: A Way to Methodology: The Institutional Role in TS Research Training and Development9 Ian Mason: Conduits, Mediators, Spokespersons: Investigating Translator/Interpreter Behaviour10 Mariana Orozco: The Clue to Common Research in Translation and Interpreting: Methodology11 Franz Pöchhacker: I in TS: On Partnership in Translation Studies12 Miriam Shlesinger: Doorstep Inter-subdisciplinarity and Beyond13 Daniel Gile: Response to the Invited Papers

Christina Schäffner is a Reader in Translation Studies (German) in the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University (Birmingham, UK). Her main research interests are translation studies, political discourse, textlinguistics, and metaphor research. She has published widely in these fields.

The collection is rich with suggestion for translation and interpreting researchers due to its focusing primarily on the sociological dimension of TS and also because it keeps suggesting a necessary collaboration between translation (in its generic sense) researchers and all the disciplines related to translation studies.

• The Contributors Christina Schäffner: Researching Translation and Interpreting1 Daniel Gile: Translation Research versus Interpreting Research: Kinship, Differences and Prospects for Partnership2 The Debate 3 Jan Cambridge: Public Service Interpreting: Practice and Scope for Research4 Andrew Chesterman: Paradigm Problems?5 Janet Fraser: Translation Research and Interpreting Research – Pure, Applied, Action or Pedagogic?6 Yves Gambier: Translation Studies: A Succession of Paradoxes7 Moira Inghilleri: Aligning Macro- and Micro-Dimensions in Interpreting Research8 Zuzana Jettmarová: A Way to Methodology: The Institutional Role in TS Research Training and Development9 Ian Mason: Conduits, Mediators, Spokespersons: Investigating Translator/Interpreter Behaviour10 Mariana Orozco: The Clue to Common Research in Translation and Interpreting: Methodology11 Franz Pöchhacker: I in TS: On Partnership in Translation Studies12 Miriam Shlesinger: Doorstep Inter-subdisciplinarity and Beyond13 Daniel Gile: Response to the Invited Papers