Interpreting in legal settings / Debra Russell and Sandra Hale, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Russell, Debra.

Hale, Sandra Beatriz.

Series:

Studies in interpretation (Washington, D.C.) ; v. 4.

Studies in interpretation, 1545-7613 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Court interpreting and translating.

Conduct of court proceedings.

Law--Translating.

Law.

Sign language--Translating.

Sign language.

Interpreters for deaf people.

Deaf people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Deaf people.

Physical Description:

xvii, 180 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2008.

Summary:

The Work of interpreters in legal settings Whether they are spoken or signed language interpreters is filed with enormous complexity and challenge This engrossing volume presents six data-based studies from both signed and spoken language interpreter researchers on a diverse range of topics theoretical underpinnings and research methodologies.

In the first chapter Ruth Morris analyzes the 1987 trial or Ivan (John) Demjanjuk in Jerusalem, and reveals that What might appear to be ethical breaches often were no more than courtroom dynamics, such as noise and overlapping conversation. Waltraud Kolb and Franz Pochhacker studied 14 asylum appeals in Austria and round that interpreters frequently aligned themselves with the adjudicators. Bente Jacobsen presents a case study of a Danish-English interpreter whose discourse practices expose her attempts to maintain, mitigate, or enhance face, among the participants.

In the fourth chapter Jemina Napier and David Spencer investigate the effectiveness at interpreting in an Australian Courtroom to determine deal citizens should participate as jurors Debra Russell assesses in the fifth chapter the effectiveness of preparing sign language interpreter teams for trials in Canada, and describes mixed results. The final chapter presents Zubaidah Ibrahim-Bell’s research on the inadequate legal services in Malaysia due to the fact that only seven sign interpreters are available. Taken together, the studies point to a “coming of age” of the field of legal interpreting as a research discipline, making interpreting in Legal Settings an invaluable, one-of-a-kind acquisition.

Contents:

Taking liberties? Duplicity or the dynamics of court interpreting / Ruth Morris

Interpreting in asylum appeal hearings : roles and norms revisited / Waltraud Kolb and Franz Pöchhacker

Court interpreting and face : an analysis of a court interpreter's strategies for conveying threats to own face / Bente Jacobson

Guilty or not guilty? An investigation of deaf jurors' access to court proceedings via sign language interpreting / Jemina Napier and David Spencer

Interpreter preparation conversations : multiple perspectives / Debra Russell

Legal interpreting and the deaf community in Malaysia / Zubaidah Ibrahim-Bell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781563683961

1563683962

OCLC:

230192110