Chinese Interpreting

Riccardo Moratto is Distinguished Professor (特聘教授) at the School of Foreign Studies (SFS), Tongji University, Director of the International Center for Intercultural Studies (ICIS) at Tongji University, Deputy Director of the Research Center for Chinese Discourse and Global Communication, AIIC member, expert member of the Translators Association of China (TAC), and member of numerous other associations. Professor Moratto is executive editor of the International Journal of Translation and Communication, editor-in-chief of Interpreting Studies for Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press (外教社), general editor of Routledge Studies in East Asian Interpreting and Routledge Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Approaches to Chinese Literature. Professor Moratto is a Chartered Linguist and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (FCIL), a hyperpolyglot, an international conference interpreter and renowned literary translator. Professor Moratto has published extensively in the fields of translation and interpreting studies and Chinese literature.

• Chapter 1. Chinese Interpreting: Introduction (Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 2. Chinese Interpreting: Challenges and Issues (Ilaria Tipà, Riccardo Moratto, and Han Wang; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 3. Characteristics of Chinese Discourse, Automatisms and Useful Expressions for Conference Interpreters (Cheng Zhan and Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 4. Chinese Consecutive Interpreting (Riccardo Moratto, Ilaria Tipà, and Maria Antonietta D’Aversa; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 5. Prise de Notes in Chinese Consecutive Interpreting (Ilaria Tipà and Riccardo Moratto; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter6. Chinese Simultaneous Interpreting (Ilaria Tipà; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 7. Interpreting Numbers from Chinese (Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 8.  Interpreting Chinese Idioms (chengyu 成语): Mastering the Quintessence of the Chinese Language and Culture (Riccardo Moratto and Ilaria Tipà; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 9. Interpreting and New Technologies (Zhi Li, Huashu Wang, and Riccardo Moratto; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 10. Interpreting, Communication, and Interculturality (Han Wang; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 11. Interpreting in Trade Fairs: Linguistic and Cultural Aspects (Elena Morandi).- Chapter 12. Chinese Medical Interpreting in Italy: Settings and Linguistic Complexities (Sabrina Ardizzoni).- Chapter 13. Linguistic and Pragmatic Aspects in Legal Interpreting: Challenges and Pitfalls (Vittoria Napoli and Elena Morandi; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 14. Media Interpreting (Dario Matteo Sparanero; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).- Chapter 15. Interpreting the Political and Institutional Sector (Ilaria Tipà; Translated by Riccardo Moratto).