List of Abbreviations

1. AIIC: International Association of Conference Interpreters

2. CI: Consecutive Interpreting

3. CIAP: Conference Interpreters Asia Pacific

4. CIR: Conference Interpreting Research

5. EK: Encyclopedic Knowledge

6. EKL: Extra-linguistic Knowledge

7. ESIT: Ecole Supérieure d'Interprètes et de Traducteurs

8. KI: Knowledge Required for an Interpreter

9. KL: Knowledge for the Language

10. IT: Interpretive Theory

11. SCIC: Directorate General of Interpreting of the European Commission

12. SI: Simultaneous Interpreting