1. Introduction Jeremy Munday, University of Surrey, UK. 2. The intervention of the translator Carol Maier, Kent State University, USA 3. Intervention in translation Jef Verschueren, Antwerp University, Belgium 4. Cross-cultural rhetoric in translation: English - Chinese Liu Yameng, Fujian Normal University, China 5. Translation of political speeches: English - Arabic Basil Hatim, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 6. Power in translated political interviews Nelly Chachibaia, University of Westminster, UK 7. Translating the subaltern: India Rita Kothari, St Xavier's College, Gujarat, India 8. Interpreting in court: South Africa Rosemary Moeketsi, UNISA, South Africa 9. Intervention through voice selection Brian Mossop 10. Genre shift in translation Juan Zarandona, University of Valladolid, Spain.