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Valero-Garcés, Carmen, ed. 2005. Traducción como mediación entre lenguas y culturas/ translation as mediation or how to bridge linguistic and cultural gaps. Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá. 318 pp.
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
Spanish
Keywords
communication | community interpreting=public service interpreting | cultural constraints | legal interpreting | linguistic constraints | mediator=mediation | services=translation services | teaching (translation)=didactics (translation) | written language
Main ISBN
84-8138-476-3

Abstract

The present volume present a number of contributions on translation and interpretation in the public services. In the first part the status of this particular field is discussed as well as the status and role of the interpreter. Second the quality of communication in the health services is examined and how this can be facilitated by translation and interpretation. Finally interpreting in the legal field is discussed as well as written translation and the education in the field of translation and interpretation in the public services.
Source : P. Van Mulken

Articles in this volume

Schuster, Chiara. Role and status of public service interpreters in Italy today: a perspective from regional and national policies. 17–26
Tryuk, Malgorzata. Community interpreting: an emerging profession in poland. Myth and reality. 27–34
Chrystello, Chrys J. and Helena Chrystello. Australia's innovation and standard-setting is at risk. 35–41
Sanders, Jonathan. Host culture interpreters: challenges and suggestions. 74–82
Vali, Yasmin. Adapting to diversity: organizational change at the Scarborough hospital. 90–99
Tomassini, Elena and Francesca Nicolini. Survey on the role of community interpreters and cultural mediators in hospitals in the Emilia Romagna region: a call for new training formats capable of meeting emerging needs in the health sector. 100–107
Peña Díaz, Carmen. Communication between foreign doctors and patients. 134–138
Donatti, Diana and Pablo Donatti. The case for simultaneous interpreting in the legal field. 157–160
Najarro Smith, Nadia. Resolving ethical dilemmas for court interpreters. 161–167
Buri, Maria Rosaria. The state of the art of police interpreting in a border area of the European Union: the case of Lecce and Brindisi (Italy). 175–180
Iliescu Gheorghiu, Catalina. 'Minorities integration and intercultural communication': a European project intended to contribute to the enhancement of integration policies. 223–234
Lindquist, Peter P. The MRC approach to interpreter performance evaluation: applying discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to the spoken word. 235–242
Piotrowska, Maria. Two perspectives on sworn translation of BDM certificates: the practitioner's and the translation teacher's point of view. 307–312
Corsellis, Ann. Who takes responsability for what in the intercultural, interlingual exchange? 313–318

Reviewed by

Lázaro Gutiérrez, Raquel. 2014. Review of Traducción como mediación entre lenguas y culturas/ translation as mediation or how to bridge linguistic and cultural gaps. FITISPos International Journal 1 (1) : 135–139.
Lázaro Gutiérrez, Raquel. 2006. Review of Traducción como mediación entre lenguas y culturas/ translation as mediation or how to bridge linguistic and cultural gaps. JoSTrans 6 : 217–219.