Interpreting in Legal and Healthcare Settings: Perspectives on research and training
Edited by Eva N.S. Ng and Ineke H.M. Crezee
[Benjamins Translation Library, 151] 2020. vii, 351 pp.
Eva N.S. Ng
List of John Benjamins publications for which Eva N.S. Ng plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Communication Studies | Forensic & legal linguistics | Interpreting | Translation Studies
Common Law in an Uncommon Courtroom: Judicial interpreting in Hong Kong
Eva N.S. Ng
[Benjamins Translation Library, 144] 2018. xxvi, 226 pp.
Subjects Forensic & legal linguistics | Interpreting | Translation Studies
Introduction to Healthcare for Chinese-speaking Interpreters and Translators
Ineke H.M. Crezee and Eva N.S. Ng
[Not in series, 202] 2016. xxvii, 412 pp.
Subjects Interpreting | Sino-Tibetan languages | Translation Studies
Articles
2023 The right to a fair trial and the right to interpreting: A critical evaluation of the use of chuchotage in court interpreting Interpreting 25:1, pp. 87–108 | Article
The right to a fair trial for defendants in the criminal process is internationally recognised as a fundamental human right that, among others, includes the right of defendants to have the free assistance of an interpreter if they cannot understand or speak the language used in court. The… read more
2020 Chapter 1. Linguistic disadvantage before the law: When non-native English-speaking witnesses waive their right to an interpreter Interpreting in Legal and Healthcare Settings: Perspectives on research and training, Ng, Eva N.S. and Ineke H.M. Crezee (eds.), pp. 21–44 | Chapter
This chapter builds on my research into the interactional dynamics in the unique bilingual Hong Kong courtroom, where interpretation is, by and large, provided for the linguistic majority. Drawing on authentic courtroom data, this study demonstrates how non-native English speaking (NNES) witnesses,… read more
2020 Introduction. Interpreting in legal and healthcare settings: Perspectives on research and training Interpreting in Legal and Healthcare Settings: Perspectives on research and training, Ng, Eva N.S. and Ineke H.M. Crezee (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Chapter
2013 Who is speaking? Interpreting the voice of the speaker in court Interpreting in a Changing Landscape: Selected papers from Critical Link 6, Schäffner, Christina, Krzysztof Kredens and Yvonne Fowler (eds.), pp. 249–266 | Article
This study examines how interpreters represent the voice of judges and counsel versus that of lay participants in the interpreted talk, using three interpreter-mediated criminal trials from the Hong Kong courts. The findings reveal a consistent shift from direct to reported speech or an omission of… read more
2009 3. The tension between adequacy and acceptability in legal interpreting and translation The Critical Link 5: Quality in interpreting – a shared responsibility, Hale, Sandra, Uldis Ozolins and Ludmila Stern (eds.), pp. 37–54 | Article
For over a century, English was the only language in which law was practiced in Hong Kong, yet the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997 has made legal bilingualism inevitable. In translating existing laws into Chinese, the Law Drafting Division emphasises the need to establish a semantic mapping… read more