11. Community interpreter self-perception: A Spanish case study
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Anne Martin
Abstract
This chapter presents the results of a self-perception study carried out amongst public service interpreters in Andalusia, southern Spain. The interpreters involved work in different settings including hospitals, social services, emergency services, education, police and courts. The aim of the study was to explore the interpreters’ perception of their role in the interpreted encounter, the limits of that role and their views with regard to such issues as the addition and omission of information, and the explanation of cultural references and specialized terminology, amongst others. The methodology used is based on questionnaires and structured interviews, similar to that used in previous studies carried out by members of the GRETI research group.
Abstract
This chapter presents the results of a self-perception study carried out amongst public service interpreters in Andalusia, southern Spain. The interpreters involved work in different settings including hospitals, social services, emergency services, education, police and courts. The aim of the study was to explore the interpreters’ perception of their role in the interpreted encounter, the limits of that role and their views with regard to such issues as the addition and omission of information, and the explanation of cultural references and specialized terminology, amongst others. The methodology used is based on questionnaires and structured interviews, similar to that used in previous studies carried out by members of the GRETI research group.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Interpreting as mediation 9
- 3. The role of the interpreter in the governance of sixteenth and seventeenth century Spanish colonies in the "New World": Lessons from the past for the present 27
- 4. Role definition: A perspective on forty years of professionalism in Sign Language interpreting 51
- 5. Evolving views of the court interpreter´s role: Between Scylla and Charybdis 81
- 6. Controversies over the role of the court interpreter 99
- 7. Interpreting in police settings in Spain: Service providers' and interpreters' perspectives 123
- 8. The role of the interpreter in the healthcare setting: A plea for a dialogue between research and practice 147
- 9. Hospital interpreting practice in the classroom and the workplace 165
- 10. Intercultural mediation: An answer to healthcare disparities? 187
- 11. Community interpreter self-perception: A Spanish case study 203
- 12. Sign Language interpreters and role conflict in the workplace 231
- 13. Migration, ideology and the interpreter-mediator: The role of the language mediator in education and medical settings in Italy 245
- 14. Perceptions of a profession 267
- Index 289
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Interpreting as mediation 9
- 3. The role of the interpreter in the governance of sixteenth and seventeenth century Spanish colonies in the "New World": Lessons from the past for the present 27
- 4. Role definition: A perspective on forty years of professionalism in Sign Language interpreting 51
- 5. Evolving views of the court interpreter´s role: Between Scylla and Charybdis 81
- 6. Controversies over the role of the court interpreter 99
- 7. Interpreting in police settings in Spain: Service providers' and interpreters' perspectives 123
- 8. The role of the interpreter in the healthcare setting: A plea for a dialogue between research and practice 147
- 9. Hospital interpreting practice in the classroom and the workplace 165
- 10. Intercultural mediation: An answer to healthcare disparities? 187
- 11. Community interpreter self-perception: A Spanish case study 203
- 12. Sign Language interpreters and role conflict in the workplace 231
- 13. Migration, ideology and the interpreter-mediator: The role of the language mediator in education and medical settings in Italy 245
- 14. Perceptions of a profession 267
- Index 289
