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11. Triadic discourse

Interpreter-mediated dialogue

Abstract

Interpreters of bilingual/bicultural interactions assume several overlapping communicative and social roles. Formal verbal exchanges in legal and healthcare settings are characterized by question-and-answer scripts. The meaning of these mediated messages, as relayed by the interpreter, reflects linguistic, cultural, contextual and institutional considerations. Adapting Wadensjö’s model of dialog interpreting to U.S. practices, the interpreter operates both as a transmitter of messages and as a communications coordinator. The former role treats utterances as parallel texts to be translated, while the latter considers the dialogue as a mediated interpersonal transaction. These concepts are applied to authentic samples of interpreted discourse and offer an overview of the legal, ethical and professional constraints to which interpreters are subject.

Abstract

Interpreters of bilingual/bicultural interactions assume several overlapping communicative and social roles. Formal verbal exchanges in legal and healthcare settings are characterized by question-and-answer scripts. The meaning of these mediated messages, as relayed by the interpreter, reflects linguistic, cultural, contextual and institutional considerations. Adapting Wadensjö’s model of dialog interpreting to U.S. practices, the interpreter operates both as a transmitter of messages and as a communications coordinator. The former role treats utterances as parallel texts to be translated, while the latter considers the dialogue as a mediated interpersonal transaction. These concepts are applied to authentic samples of interpreted discourse and offer an overview of the legal, ethical and professional constraints to which interpreters are subject.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. 1. A continuum of approaches to dialogue 1
  5. Part I. Dialogue in interpersonal contexts of informal conversation
  6. 2. Dialogues within oral narratives 31
  7. 3. Being polite through irony 55
  8. 4. Humor in verbal irony 69
  9. 5. Evaluation, interpersonal meaning and co-construction in oral narratives by Mexican adolescents 89
  10. 6. The truth about verdad 117
  11. 7. Backchannels as a realization of interaction 137
  12. Part II. Dialogue in public, professional, and educational contexts
  13. 8. Dialogue in the dynamics of political practice 159
  14. 9. Conflict resolution 189
  15. 10. A discourse analysis of Alzheimer-type dementia in personal conversations 221
  16. 11. Triadic discourse 237
  17. 12. Behind L2 pragmatics 257
  18. Conclusions and implications of studies that approach dialogue in its complexity 283
  19. References 291
  20. General index 315
  21. List of contributors 321
Dialogue in Spanish
This chapter is in the book Dialogue in Spanish
https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.7.13hen

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction vii
  4. 1. A continuum of approaches to dialogue 1
  5. Part I. Dialogue in interpersonal contexts of informal conversation
  6. 2. Dialogues within oral narratives 31
  7. 3. Being polite through irony 55
  8. 4. Humor in verbal irony 69
  9. 5. Evaluation, interpersonal meaning and co-construction in oral narratives by Mexican adolescents 89
  10. 6. The truth about verdad 117
  11. 7. Backchannels as a realization of interaction 137
  12. Part II. Dialogue in public, professional, and educational contexts
  13. 8. Dialogue in the dynamics of political practice 159
  14. 9. Conflict resolution 189
  15. 10. A discourse analysis of Alzheimer-type dementia in personal conversations 221
  16. 11. Triadic discourse 237
  17. 12. Behind L2 pragmatics 257
  18. Conclusions and implications of studies that approach dialogue in its complexity 283
  19. References 291
  20. General index 315
  21. List of contributors 321
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