Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of tables xiii
4. List of figures xv
5. Transcription symbols and abbreviations used in this book xvii
6. Abbreviations used in the transcripts and in this book xix
7. Acknowledgements xxi
8. Foreword xxiii
9. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
10. Chapter 2. The practice of court interpreting in Hong Kong 11
11. Chapter 3. Modes of interpretation and audience roles in interpreted trial discourse 39
12. Chapter 4. The interpreter as one of the bilinguals in court 49
13. Chapter 5. Interpreter intervention in witness examination 73
14. Chapter 6. Judges’ intervention in witness examination 91
15. Chapter 7. Chinese witnesses testifying in English 111
16. Chapter 8. English trials heard by Chinese jurors 129
17. Chapter 9. Who is speaking? 147
18. Chapter 10. Conclusions 171
19. References 191
20. Appendices
21. Appendix 1. Timeline of the use of Chinese in courts 205
22. Appendix 2. Percentage of criminal cases conducted in Chinese in various courts 207
23. Appendix 3. Scale points for Court Interpreter and Simultaneous Interpreter under the Master Pay Scale for Civil Servants 209
24. Appendix 4. Transcript of the exchanges between the judge, the court clerk and the foreman of the jury, interspersed with remarks of the defence counsel 211
25. Appendix 5. Questionnaire on The use of direct or reported speech in court interpreting 217
26. Index 221