Viktoria Straczek-Helios | John Benjamins

Bartłomiejczyk, Magdalena, Sonja Pöllabauer and Viktoria Straczek-Helios 2024 “The heart will stop beating”: Ethical issues in activist interpreting – the case of Ciocia Wienia Interpreting: Online-First Articles | Article

This article highlights some ethical questions in activist interpreting in the context of transnational patient mobility, with a specific focus on abortion travel from Poland to Austria. It presents a case study of Ciocia Wienia, a Vienna-based activist collective which facilitates access to… read more

Pöllabauer, Sonja, Magdalena Bartłomiejczyk, Maria Bernadette Zwischenberger and Viktoria Straczek-Helios 2024 “We have a damn duty”: What motivates volunteer interpreters to engage in activist interpreting in abortion clinics? Translation in Society 3:2, pp. 202–225 | Article

This article presents a case study of Ciocia Wienia, a collective of activists who facilitate abortion travel between Poland and Austria and provide support and interpretation in abortion clinics in Vienna. Drawing on a framework based on activist translation and motivational psychology, we… read more

Bartłomiejczyk, Magdalena, Sonja Pöllabauer and Viktoria Straczek-Helios Activist interpreting in abortion clinics: Emotional challenges and self-care strategies Translation and Interpreting Studies: Online-First Articles | Article

We present a case study of a group of activist interpreters Ciocia Wienia, a Vienna-based informal pro-choice collective. The activists facilitate abortion travel from Poland to Austria, offer onsite support and interpret in abortion clinics. We analyze original data from a corpus of 13… read more