Interpreting in interaction, Interaction in interpreting

The contributions to this special issue of inTRAlinea develop the theories and concepts that Francesco Straniero Sergio pioneered. Simply going through the titles of his papers and volumes, a full list of which is provided just following the introduction, one can appreciate the relevance he attributed to the specific context of interpreting and the roles of the interlocutors in the interpreted talk, the interactional dynamics manifested through verbal and nonverbal communication, the interpreters’ positioning as a result of their own and others' agency, and finally interpreting quality seen as the product of the specific conditions in which interpretation takes place rather than as the virtuoso display of a single performer.