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Roberts, Roda P., Silvana E. Carr, Diana Abraham and Aideen Dufour, eds. 2000. The critical link 2: interpreters in the community (Benjamins Translation Library 31). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. vii + 316 pp.
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
assessment=evaluation | community interpreting=public service interpreting | court interpreting | cultural constraints | influence=impact=effect | institution=policy=institutional environment=organisation | interpreter=interpreter's role | multilingualism=plurilingualism | norm | practice=translation practice=interpreting practice | professionalism=non-professionalism | sign interpreting=sign language interpreting | training=translator training
Main ISBN
90-272-1636-3
Edition info
Selected papers from the Second International Conference on Interpreting in Legal, Health and Social Service Settings, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 19-23 May 1998. US ISBN: 1-55619-790-X

Abstract

This volume of selected papers from the second critical link conference (Vancouver, 1998) embarks upon professionalization in terms of standards, tests and examinations; training; accreditation; and professional organizations that establish and administer professional standards. The collection reveals similar concerns about these issues throughout the world and a global focus on 'standards’.
Source : Based on publisher information

Articles in this volume

Garber, Nathan. Community interpretation: a personal view. 9–20
Ozolins, Uldis. Communication needs and interpreting in multilingual settings: the international spectrum of response. 21–33
Sauvêtre, Michel. De l’interprétariat au dialogue à trois: pratiques européennes de l’interprétariat en milieu social [From interpreting to a three-way dialogue: European uses of interpreting in social environments]. 35–45
Pöchhacker, Franz. The community interpreter’s task: self-perception and provider views. 49–65
Mesa, Anne-Marie. The cultural interpreter: an appreciated professional. Results of a study on interpreting services: client, health care work and interpreter points of view. 67–79
Carr, Silvana E. Distance education training for interpreters: an insurmountable oxymoron. 83–88
Corsellis, Ann. Turning good intentions into good practice: enabling the public services to fulfil their responsibilities. 89–99
Roberts, Roda P. Interpreter assessment tools for different settings. 103–120
Fiola, Marco André. The challenge of accrediting aboriginal interpreters. 121–127
Kelly, Arlene M. Cultural parameters for interpreters in the courtroom. 131–148
Kadric, Mira. Interpreting in the Austrian courtroom. 153–164
Abraham, Diana and Melanie Oda. The cultural/community interpreter in the domestic violence court: a pilot project. 165–179
Erasmus, Mabel. 'Community interpreting' in South Africa: current trends and future prospects. 191–206
Wiegand, Herbert Ernst. Role of the interpreter in the healing of a nation: an emotional view. 207–218
Harrington, Frank. Sign language interpreters and access for deaf students to university curricula: the ideal and the reality. 218–238
Morris, Ruth. Plus ça change…? Community interpreters at the end of the twentieth century. 243–264

Reviewed by

Wadensjö, Cecilia. 2000. Review of The critical link 2: interpreters in the community. Interpreting 5 (1) : 77–80.
Gile, Daniel. 2004. Review of The critical link 2: interpreters in the community. Target 16 (1) : 162–166.
Leung, Esther S. M. 2003. Review of The critical link 2: interpreters in the community. Babel 49 (3) : 283–286.