Trending topics in current interpreting research. An overview of twenty years of interpreting studies seen through the lens of T&I journals

Abstract

This large-scale study covering nearly 1,300 investigative and descriptive research papers gleaned from over fifty journals published in European languages analyses the emerging trends in interpreting research over the period 2001-2020, indicating likely directions for the immediate future. Following a chronological overview of the growth in the number of articles dedicated to interpreting, they are classified using a thematic categorisation designed to identify the leading areas of interest and the emerging trends, effectively corroborating training and PSI as the main topics of interests alongside a burgeoning interest in technological innovation. The paper also identifies the leading researchers and their focuses.