The importance of translators and interpreters in current times can be seen with the extent of reporting in the media. News of translation and interpreting now prevades our lives – whether it is the lack of qualified court interpreters in a remote part of the world or the fate of translators or interpreters in zones of military conflicts, or the decision by the Turkish government to reinterpret Islam through a new translation of the Prophet’s sayings, or the impending decision by the European Commision to limit the translation of patents to three languages or the release of a feminist translation of the Bible. Every aspect of our social and political life is now heavily mediated by translators and interpreters.