New insights into interpreting studies. Technology, society and access - Book review

Alina Pelea

doi:10.33919/esnbu.25.1.10

New insights into interpreting studies. Technology, society and access - Book review

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Alina Pelea Babeș-Bolyai University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.25.1.10

Keywords:

conference interpreting, public service interpreting, technology interpreting and interpreter training, accessibility, ethics, Agnieszka Biernacka, Wojciech Figiel, book review

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Book Details

Title: New Insights into Interpreting Studies. Technology, Society and Access

Volume Editors: Agnieszka Biernacka, Wojciech Figiel

Publisher: Peter Lang, 304 pages

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN:
9783631884850 (hardcover),

9783631907139 (ePub),

9783631907122 (PDF)

Author Biography

Alina Pelea, Babeș-Bolyai University

Alina Pelea holds a PhD in Translation Studies from Babeș-Bolyai University and Artois University and she is a lecturer at the Department of Applied Modern Languages of the Faculty of Letters, Babeș-Bolyai University, where she also coordinates the Masters in Conference Interpreting. Her current research concerns mainly interpreting training, and medical interpreting.

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Biernacka, A. & Figiel, W. (Eds.). New Insights into Interpreting Studies. Technology, Society and Access. Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b21104

Biernacka, A. (2024). Still the Cinderella of interpretation? Court interpreting in Poland revisited. In A. Biernacka & W. Figiel (Eds.), New Insights into Interpreting Studies. Technology, Society and Access (pp. 93-114). Peter Lang.

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2025-06-18

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Pelea, A. (2025). New insights into interpreting studies. Technology, society and access - Book review. English Studies at NBU, 11(1), 165–171. https://doi.org/10.33919/esnbu.25.1.10

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