Alma Barghout
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alma Barghout plays a role.
Articles
2025 Chapter 3. Retrospective ethnography and remembrance: A narrative of UNOG field missions Field Research on Translation and Interpreting, Rogl, Regina, Daniela Schlager and Hanna Risku (eds.), pp. 74–95 | Chapter
The present chapter seeks to promote a methodological discussion around the pertinence of drawing on retrospective reflexive ethnography and the notion of ‘past presencing’ to investigate the practice of interpreting in field missions deployed by the United Nations. The chapter provides an… read more
2015 The influence of speed on omissions in simultaneous interpretation: An experimental study Babel 61:3, pp. 305–334 | Article
Simultaneous interpreting (SI) is a highly complex cognitive process which aims to deliver a complete and accurate rendition of the original message in real time. However, there is a myriad of factors that can influence the process, speed being one of the factors most frequently put forward by… read more