An introduction to Russian/English translation and simultaneous interpretation. Previously published by Ardis, this is the standard work for building practical skills in interpretation of Russian.
Lynn Visson (Ph.D. Harvard University) is is an American of Russian background and is a writer, interpreter and academic. Since 1980 she has been a staff interpreter at the United Nations. She has edited and translated several books and has written numerous books and articles on Russian language, literature and culture, including a Russian and Uzbek cookbook, and a work on simultaneous interpretation from Russian into English.