Publications

Publication details [#10116]

Angelelli, Claudia V. 2003. The visible co-participant: the interpreter's role in doctor-patient encounters. In Metzger, Melanie, Steven Collins, Valerie Dively and Risa Shaw, eds. From topic boundaries to omission: new research on interpretation (Studies in Interpretation 1). Washington D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. pp. 3–26.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

community interpreting=public service interpreting | influence=impact=effect | medical discourse=medical sciences=medicine | translator=translator's role=translator studies | visibility=invisibility

Abstract

The role of the interpreter is complex and multifaceted. Understanding the complexities that are associated with this role of the interpreter is crucial to studying intercultural communication in its broadest sense. This article explores an example of medical interpreting and demonstrates the complexities underlying this kind of interaction.

Source : P. Van Mulken