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Publication details [#12235]
Kopczynski, Andrzej. 1998. Conference interpreter: a ghost or an intruder. In Hartzell, James, ed. Ocena tlumaczenia ustnego [Evaluating an interpreter's performance]. Lodz: Centre for modern Translation and Interpretation Studies, University of Lodz. pp. 71–78.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
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Abstract
The author first discusses the 'ghost' role of the interpreter, which implies the interpreter impersonates the speaker the way a ghost writer impersonates the client he is writing for, on the communicative and textual level. He further discusses the interpreter as "intruder". In this role the interpreter makes his own judgements about the nature of the meeting, the speaker, the audience and their attitude, the nature of the source texts and makes adjustments in this interpretation. These different roles of the interpreter tie in with quality, because our attitude towards them will determine the criteria of evaluation.
Source : A. Matthyssen