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Publication details [#1943]

Fenton, Sabine. 1997. The role of the interpreter in the adversarial courtroom. In Carr, Silvana E., Roda P. Roberts, Aideen Dufour and Dini Steyn, eds. The critical link: interpreters in the community (Benjamins Translation Library 19). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 29–34.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

court interpreting | influence=impact=effect | interpreter=interpreter's role | language | power=power relations

Abstract

After a brief introduction, this paper embarks upon the power of language, lawyers and ritual. The paper is presented in order to incite debate about a shift in the thinking about the work of interpreters in the adversarial courtroom.

Source : J. Vluijmans