De-/re-contextualizing conference interpreting : interpreters in the ivory tower? / Ebru Diriker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diriker, Ebru.

Series:

Benjamins translation library ; v. 53.

Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; v. 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Simultaneous interpreting.

Congresses and conventions--Translating.

Congresses and conventions.

Physical Description:

vii, 221 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia ; Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 2004.

Summary:

This groundbreaking study explores Simultaneous Conference Interpreting (SI) by focusing on interpreters as professionals working in socio-cultural contexts and on the interdependency between these contexts and actual SI behavior. While previous research on SI has been dominated by cognitive and psycholinguistic approaches, Diriker's work explores SI in relation to the broader and more immediate socio-cultural contexts by investigating the representation of the profession(al) in the meta-discourse and by exploring the presence of interpreters and the nature of the interpreted utterance at an actual conference. Making use of participant observations, interviews and analysis of conference transcripts, Diriker challenges some of the widely held assumptions about SI. She suggests that the interpreter's delivery represents not only the speaker but a multiplicity of speaker-positions, and that this multiplicity may well be a source of tension or vulnerability, as well as strength, for interpreters. Her analysis also highlights how interpreters negotiate meaning in SI, and underscores the need for more concerted efforts to explore SI in authentic contexts.

Contents:

De-/Re-Contextualizing Conference Interpreting

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Previous literature, key concepts and grounding theories

Chapter 2. Broader social context in SI

Chapter 3. Analyzing an actual conference context

Chapter 4. Analyzing an actual SI performance

Chapter 5. Juxta- and counterposing actual SI behaviour with the meta-discourse

Final remarks

Appendix

Notes

References

Index

The series Benjamins Translation Library.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612160363

9781282160361

1282160362

9789027295354

9027295352

OCLC:

302206536