Chapter 1. “Going video”
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Franz Pöchhacker
Abstract
This chapter explores the link between interpreting and video mainly by engaging in a conceptual analysis drawing on insights from social semiotics and communication studies. Departing from an understanding of speech as a semiotic mode in the oral-aural modality, the development of interpreting practices since the early twentieth century is reviewed with respect to the use of technology as a sign-conveying medium. Special emphasis is given to the introduction of “telephonic” interpreting and its implications for “visibility” in interpreter-mediated communication before the introduction of audiovisual transmission systems. Based on the examination of some existing models of multimodal language use, and further theoretical reflection, a conceptual framework is suggested to account more explicitly for different medium-based forms of interpreting and for the communicative dynamics shaped by the mediality of these practices. On this foundation, video is discussed as a technological medium supporting novel professional practices as well as research approaches.
Abstract
This chapter explores the link between interpreting and video mainly by engaging in a conceptual analysis drawing on insights from social semiotics and communication studies. Departing from an understanding of speech as a semiotic mode in the oral-aural modality, the development of interpreting practices since the early twentieth century is reviewed with respect to the use of technology as a sign-conveying medium. Special emphasis is given to the introduction of “telephonic” interpreting and its implications for “visibility” in interpreter-mediated communication before the introduction of audiovisual transmission systems. Based on the examination of some existing models of multimodal language use, and further theoretical reflection, a conceptual framework is suggested to account more explicitly for different medium-based forms of interpreting and for the communicative dynamics shaped by the mediality of these practices. On this foundation, video is discussed as a technological medium supporting novel professional practices as well as research approaches.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. “Going video” 13
- Chapter 2. “You are just a disembodied voice really” 47
- Chapter 3. Remote interpreting in dialogic settings 79
- Chapter 4. Role-space in VRS and VRI 107
- Chapter 5. The importance of video recordings in signed language interpreting research 127
- Chapter 6. Gesture functions and gestural style in simultaneous interpreting 151
- Chapter 7. Going video : Understanding interpreter-mediated clinical communication through the video lens 181
- Chapter 8. Eye-tracking in interpreter-mediated talk 203
- Index 235
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Chapter 1. “Going video” 13
- Chapter 2. “You are just a disembodied voice really” 47
- Chapter 3. Remote interpreting in dialogic settings 79
- Chapter 4. Role-space in VRS and VRI 107
- Chapter 5. The importance of video recordings in signed language interpreting research 127
- Chapter 6. Gesture functions and gestural style in simultaneous interpreting 151
- Chapter 7. Going video : Understanding interpreter-mediated clinical communication through the video lens 181
- Chapter 8. Eye-tracking in interpreter-mediated talk 203
- Index 235
