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Publication details [#1872]

Makarová, Viera. 1995. The interpreter as an intercultural mediator. In Tommola, Jorma, ed. Topics in interpreting research. Turku: University of Turku. pp. 51–59.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

interculturality=transculturality=cross-culturality | interpreter training | interpreter=interpreter's role | mediator=mediation

Source language

English

Target language

Slovak

Person as a subject

Hofstede, Geert

Abstract

The paper shows that differences between (British) English and Slovak cultures, analysed on the basis of Hofstede’s four dimensions, have implications for the role of the interpreter in business negotiations and for interpreter training.

Source : Abstract in book