Interpreters as Diplomats: A Diplomatic History of the Role of Interpreters in World Politics (Perspectives on Translation)

This book gives an overview of the role played in the relations between nations, throughout history, by translators and interpreters. The author offers a general view of the world in which the political linguistic functions, and has functioned, throughout history. This book thus fills a gap left by political historians, who seldom ask themselves in what language the political negotiations they describe were conducted.