Critical Link 6 conference addressed the impact of a rapidly changing reality on the theory and practice of community interpreting.

The recent social, political and economic developments have led to phenomena of direct concern to the field, for example multilingualism in traditionally monolingual societies, the emergence of rare language pairs, or new language-related problems in immigration application procedures, social welfare institutions and prisons.

Responding to the need for critical reflection as well as practical solutions, discussions and papers approached the changing landscape of community interpreting in its diversity, dealing with political, social, cultural, institutional, ethical, technological, professional, and educational aspects of the field.

The conference explored topics such as interpreting roles, communication strategies, ethics vs. practice, interpreting vs. culture brokering, interpreting strategies in different interactional contexts, and interpreter training and education.