Revisiting the interpreter's role : a study of conference, court, and medical interpreters in Canada, Mexico, and the United States / Claudia Angelelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angelelli, Claudia (Claudia V.)

Series:

Benjamins translation library ; v. 55.

Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; v. 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.) :

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2004.

Summary:

Through the development of a valid and reliable instrument, this book sets out to study the role that interpreters play in the various settings where they work, i.e. the courts, the hospitals, business meetings, international conferences, and schools. It presents interpreters' perceptions and beliefs about their work as well as statements of their behaviors about their practice. For the first time, the administration and results of a survey administered across languages in Canada, Mexico and the United States offer the reader a glimpse of the interpreters' views in their own words. It also discusses the tension between professional ideology and the reality of interpreters at work. This book has implications for the theory and practice of interpreting across settings.

Contents:

Revisiting the Interpreter's Role

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Dedication page

Table of Contents

Prologue

1. Overview of the field

2. Opening up the circle

3. The construction of the Interpreter's Interpersonal Role Inventory (IPRI)

4. Interpreter Interpersonal Role Inventory

5. Expanding perspectives

Appendix 1. IPRI Final Version

Appendix 2. Organizations surveyed for different settings

Appendix 3. Letter from AIIC, U.S. Respondent # 16

Notes

References

The series Benjamins Translation Library.

Notes:

Based on the author's Ph. D. dissertation, Stanford University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-122) and index.

ISBN:

9789027295224 (ebook)

9789027216717 (hbk.)

9786612160288

9781282160286

1282160281

9789027295224

9027295220

OCLC:

70773163