Voices of the Invisible Presence: Diplomatic interpreters in post-World War II Japan
Kumiko Torikai
[Benjamins Translation Library, 83] 2009. x, 197 pp.
Kumiko Torikai
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kumiko Torikai plays a role.
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Subjects Communication Studies | Translation Studies
Articles
2016 Nagasaki Tsūji in historical novels by Yoshimura Akira: An alternative way of studying the history of interpreters New Insights in the History of Interpreting, Takeda, Kayoko and Jesús Baigorri-Jalón (eds.), pp. 75–98 | Article
This chapter attempts to illustrate the significance of studying the history of
interpreting through novels, focusing on Yoshimura Akira who portrayed
pre-modern interpreters within socio-political contexts of the time. Four
of Yoshimura’s novels will be analyzed: (1) Fuyu no Taka (1974),… read more
2011 Conference interpreters and their perception of culture: From the narratives of Japanese pioneers Identity and Status in the Translational Professions, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 189–208 | Article
2010 Conference interpreters and their perception of culture: From the narratives of Japanese pioneers Profession, Identity and Status: Translators and Interpreters as an Occupational Group: Part II: Questions of role and identity, Sela-Sheffy, Rakefet and Miriam Shlesinger † (eds.), pp. 75–93 | Article
This paper seeks to explore the perception of culture held by conference and diplomatic interpreters in post-WWII Japan. Based on oral history research with five Japanese pioneers, interpreters’ perceptions about culture and cultural barriers in communication are studied and then compared with… read more