Non-professional Interpreting and Translation

State of the art and future of an emerging field of research

Editors

Rachele Antonini

| University of Bologna

Letizia Cirillo

| University of Siena

Linda Rossato

| University of Bologna

Ira Torresi

| University of Bologna

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In the light of recent waves of mass immigration, non-professional interpreting and translation (NPIT) is spreading at an unprecedented pace. While as recently as the late 20th century much of the field was a largely uncharted territory, the current proportions of NPIT suggest that the phenomenon is here to stay and needs to be studied with all due academic rigour.

This collection of essays is the first systematic attempt at looking at NPIT in a scholarly and at the same time pragmatic way. Offering multiple methods and perspectives, and covering the diverse contexts in which NPIT takes place, the volume is a welcome turn in an all too often polarized debate in both academic and practitioner circles.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 129] 2017. vii, 415 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.129

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introducing NPIT studies Rachele Antonini, Letizia Cirillo, Linda Rossato and Ira Torresi	2–26
Part 1. State of the art of research on NPIT and general issues	29–80
Chapter 2. Unprofessional translation: A blog-based overview Brian Harris	29–43
Chapter 3. We are all translators: Investigating the human ability to translate from a developmental perspective Bogusława Whyatt	45–64
Chapter 4. Dialoguing across differences: The past and future of language brokering research Marjorie Faulstich Orellana	65–80
Part 2. NPIT in healthcare, community and public services	83–255
Chapter 5. Intercultural mediation and “(non)professional” interpreting in Italian healthcare institutions Claudio Baraldi and Laura Gavioli	83–106
Chapter 6. More than mere translators: The identities of lay interpreters in medical consultations Anna Claudia Ticca	107–130
Chapter 7. Issues of terminology in public service interpreting: From affordability through psychotherapy to waiting lists Sonja Pöllabauer	131–155
Chapter 8. From confinement to community service: Migrant inmates mediating between languages and cultures Linda Rossato	157–175
Chapter 9. The role and self-regulation of non-professional interpreters in religious settings: The VIRS project Adelina Hild	177–194
Chapter 10. Simultaneous interpreting and religious experience: Volunteer interpreting in a Finnish Pentecostal church Sari Hokkanen	195–212
Chapter 11. Beyond the professional scope?: Sign language translation as a new challenge in the field Nadja Grbić	213–229
Chapter 12. Language-related disaster relief in Haiti: Volunteer translator networks and language technologies in disaster aid Regina Rogl	231–255
Part 3. NPIT performed by children	259–409
Chapter 13. Bilingual youngsters’ perceptions of their role as family interpreters: Why should their views be measured? Why should they count? Claudia V. Angelelli	259–279
Chapter 14. Child language brokers’ representations of parent–child relationships Tony Cline, Sarah Crafter, Guida de Abreu and Lindsay O’Dell	281–293
Chapter 15. Child language brokering in private and public settings: Perspectives from young brokers and their teachers Letizia Cirillo	295–314
Chapter 16. Through the children’s voice: An analysis of language brokering experiences Rachele Antonini	315–335
Chapter 17. Seeing brokering in bright colours: Participatory artwork elicitation in CLB research Ira Torresi	337–357
Chapter 18. Language brokering: Mediated manipulations, and the agency of the interpreter/translator Elaine Bauer	359–380
Chapter 19. Not just child’s play: Exploring bilingualism and language brokering as a precursor to the development of expertise as a professional sign language interpreter Jemina Napier	381–409
Index	411–415

“Place your order now: coming in June is the latest collection of research on what is fast becoming an established field of intellectual inquiry--non-professional translation and interpreting. Some of those who are fighting the good fight to professionalize these fields may cringe. But the argument made by researchers is that this field of activity is real--it is here to stay--and it should be studied rigorously. The fact that we are in the midst of the greatest wave of mass immigration in the history of the planet certainly highlights the need for this research, which is both academic and pragmatic.”

Marjory A. Bancroft, in INTERSECT: A Newsletter about Interpreting, Language and Culture,

April 28, 2017

“This accessible and wide-ranging volume should [...] be required reading for both professional practitioners, who may find themselves questioning their own ethical norms and their views of their own practice, and researchers in Interpreting Studies.”

Jonathan D. Downie, Independent Researcher, in JoSTrans, issue 30 July 2018

“This is an informative volume on a very extensive, widespread and, of course, under-researched field. If the aim was to introduce the scope of NPIT and justify placing it on the TIS research agenda, this has certainly been achieved.”

Michaela Albl-Mikasa, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, in Interpreting 20:2 (2018)

“This book, nicely presenting a wealth of interesting information and insights into NPIT, is undoubtedly ground-breaking and highly illuminating. The richness of the collection is impossible to be fully presented here. It is a torchlight for newcomers to NPIT research and will also enlighten academic audience in translation and interpreting studies, hence making NPIT a more visible and acknowledged practice.”

Qianhua Ouyang, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, in Babel 64:1 (2018)

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Subjects

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Interpreting

Translation Studies

BIC Subject: CFP – Translation & interpretation

BISAC Subject: LAN023000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2017004878 | Marc record