Explaining the interpreter’s unease

Conflicts and contradictions in bilingual communication in clinical settings

Kristin Bührig | University of Hamburg, Germany

Ortrun Kliche | University of Hamburg, Germany

Bernd Meyer | University of Mainz | Germersheim, Germany

Birte Pawlack | University of Hamburg, Germany

This article builds on previous research on ad-hoc interpreting in German hospitals. It discusses the concept of interpreters as “intervenient beings” and its consequences for interpreter training. Although the concept seems to be descriptively adequate, it disregards difficulties of interpreters with their active engagement in communication of others. After discussing two types of active engagement, the article makes suggestions for interpreter training.

Published online: 22 August 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/hsm.13.27buh

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