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Hale, Sandra. 2002. How faithfully do court interpreters render the style of non-English speaking witnesses´ testimonies? A data-based study of Spanish-English bilingual proceedings. Discourse Studies 4 (1) : 25–47.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

content1 | courtroom | interpretation | interpreting | style

Language as a subject

English | Spanish

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

1461-4456

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper argues that analysis of Spanish-English court proceedings demonstrates that interpreters accurately interpret the content of witnesses' answers, yet not their style, which might influence the case outcome.