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Chapter 12. Conclusion

  • Jesús Baigorri-Jalón
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Towards an Atlas of the History of Interpreting
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Abstract

The conclusion reflects very briefly on some of the main elements that emerge from the book, which is, ultimately, a crossroads of disciplines, where the importance of historical change is highlighted. Some of the main traits are the variety of geographical areas and historical periods covered in the volume, the overwhelming gender imbalance in favor of male interpreters, as well as the heterogeneity of their duties and statuses, which vary widely between and within the case studies, and the usually subaltern nature of the interpreters, which, at times, questioned power relations. Links between the past and the present are suggested, regarding, for instance, reinterpretations of historical events and the geopolitics of languages.

Abstract

The conclusion reflects very briefly on some of the main elements that emerge from the book, which is, ultimately, a crossroads of disciplines, where the importance of historical change is highlighted. Some of the main traits are the variety of geographical areas and historical periods covered in the volume, the overwhelming gender imbalance in favor of male interpreters, as well as the heterogeneity of their duties and statuses, which vary widely between and within the case studies, and the usually subaltern nature of the interpreters, which, at times, questioned power relations. Links between the past and the present are suggested, regarding, for instance, reinterpretations of historical events and the geopolitics of languages.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Voices from around the world 1
  4. Chapter 2. Indigenous interpreters on trial in the Spanish Empire 25
  5. Chapter 3. Interpreters of Mapudungun and the Chilean State during the 1880–1930 period 53
  6. Chapter 4. An overview of the role of interpreters during the Portuguese expansion through Africa (1415–1600) 81
  7. Chapter 5. Mediating a complex cultural matrix 120
  8. Chapter 6. Interpreting with “human sympathy” 145
  9. Chapter 7. The colonized in conflict 171
  10. Chapter 8. Interpreters of mission 193
  11. Chapter 9. Domesticating dragomans 212
  12. Chapter 10. The interpreter as “anti-hero” 238
  13. Chapter 11. When the armies went back home 268
  14. Chapter 12. Conclusion 288
  15. Biographical notes 296
  16. Place index 300
  17. Name index 302
  18. Language index 305
  19. Subject index 306
  20. Image index 309
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.159.12bai

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. Voices from around the world 1
  4. Chapter 2. Indigenous interpreters on trial in the Spanish Empire 25
  5. Chapter 3. Interpreters of Mapudungun and the Chilean State during the 1880–1930 period 53
  6. Chapter 4. An overview of the role of interpreters during the Portuguese expansion through Africa (1415–1600) 81
  7. Chapter 5. Mediating a complex cultural matrix 120
  8. Chapter 6. Interpreting with “human sympathy” 145
  9. Chapter 7. The colonized in conflict 171
  10. Chapter 8. Interpreters of mission 193
  11. Chapter 9. Domesticating dragomans 212
  12. Chapter 10. The interpreter as “anti-hero” 238
  13. Chapter 11. When the armies went back home 268
  14. Chapter 12. Conclusion 288
  15. Biographical notes 296
  16. Place index 300
  17. Name index 302
  18. Language index 305
  19. Subject index 306
  20. Image index 309
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