Foreword [Michael Cronin]

Part I: Political contexts and colonialism



1. Interpreting and its politics: Interpreters in the early Sino-British contacts in the eighteenth and nineteenth century [Binhua Wang and Fang Tang]



2. Deaf stirrings in Surinam [Beppie van den Bogaerde and Adde Woest]



3. "A President for all of the Irish": Performing Irishness in an interpreted inaugural presidential speech [Lorraine Leeson, Miranda Stewart, Casey Ferrara, Ivy Bostock, Peter Nilsson and Marlon Cooper]



Part II: Politics of ethics and power



4. Interpreter provision, medical training and ethics [Mary Phelan]



5. The application of ethics within situated action [Ilana Rozanes]



6. Consumers, colleagues, and certification: Exploring the politics of interpreting [Jeremy Brunson]



Part III: Politics of practice and representation



7. Variation in perception of the identity of interpreted Deaf lecturers [Stephanie Feyne]



8. Deaf/non-deaf interpreter teams: Canadian insights on the complexity of professional practice [Debra Russell]