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Book Review: The Next Generation Of Research In Interpreter Education: Pursuing Evidence-Based Practice, Francesca Maria Frittella
Book Review: The Next Generation Of Research In Interpreter Education: Pursuing Evidence-Based Practice, Francesca Maria Frittella
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
Dissertation Abstracts, Robert Andrew Skinner, Thu Thi Quy Do, Kierstin Muroski
Dissertation Abstracts, Robert Andrew Skinner, Thu Thi Quy Do, Kierstin Muroski
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
An Achilles’ Heel? Helping Interpreting Students Gain Greater Awareness Of Literal And Idiomatic English, Ineke Crezee, Lynn E. Grant
An Achilles’ Heel? Helping Interpreting Students Gain Greater Awareness Of Literal And Idiomatic English, Ineke Crezee, Lynn E. Grant
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This research paper reports on a study involving the use of literal and non-literal or idiomatic language in a multilingual interpreter classroom. Previous research has shown that interpreters are not always able to identify and correctly interpret idiomatic language. This study first examined student interpreters’ perceptions of the importance of idiomatic language, then followed by assessing their ability to identify phrases that were literal, idiomatic or both. Lastly it looked at student interpreters’ ability to correctly identify and explain idioms in short phrases and dialogues. Findings showed that, after this exercise, students' awareness of the difference between literal and non-literal …
Making It Work: Applying Aiic Professional Standards To Conference Signedlanguage Interpreters, Maya De Wit
Making It Work: Applying Aiic Professional Standards To Conference Signedlanguage Interpreters, Maya De Wit
International Journal of Interpreter Education
Conference interpreters, signed and spoken, work in a wide range of high-level settings, from international summits with (non)governmental bodies to politically-oriented networking events. Considering that such settings require advanced expertise of the interpreters, it is surprising that there is still a lack of awareness among clients and interpreters of the fundamental professional standards of conference signed language interpreters. This article discusses the need to educate and raise awareness among signed language interpreters and their clients regarding the rights to demand, respectively, good working conditions and linguistic access.
Spoken Language Interpreters Andsigned Language Interpreters: Towards Cross-Fertilization, Daniel Gile, Jemina M. Napier
Spoken Language Interpreters Andsigned Language Interpreters: Towards Cross-Fertilization, Daniel Gile, Jemina M. Napier
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This commentary aims to give an overview of developments in the related fields of spoken and signed language interpreting, with consideration given to professionalization, standards, education and training, and research. We base our discussion on our observations of the changing nature of the sister professions over the years, as the two related fields become more closely aligned. We propose that spoken and signed language interpreters can work more closely together to promote more cross-fertilization in interpreting studies.
Our Work As Interpreters In These Unprecedented Times, Ineke Crezee, George Major
Our Work As Interpreters In These Unprecedented Times, Ineke Crezee, George Major
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
Going Through The Motions: Participation In Interpreter-Mediated Meeting Interaction Under A Deaf And A Hearing Chairperson, Rosie Henley, Rachel Mckee
Going Through The Motions: Participation In Interpreter-Mediated Meeting Interaction Under A Deaf And A Hearing Chairperson, Rosie Henley, Rachel Mckee
International Journal of Interpreter Education
In multiparty meetings involving deaf and hearing participants, sign language interpreters are tasked to render talk ‘accessible’ to all by mediating differences across languages, modalities, interactional norms, and cultural statuses (Roy, 1989, 1993; Mindess, 1999; Van Herreweghe, 2002). Although this context of work is relatively common for interpreters, their practices and the interactional outcomes for participants are under-researched. This case study compares chairing and meeting practices under a deaf chairperson and a hearing chairperson, respectively. The impact of chairing on interpretability and deaf participation are discussed. An interactional sociolinguistics framework informs analysis of meeting data and retrospective participant interviews. Analysis …
Toward Standard Interpreter Education Program Admission Criteria, Marc Holmes
Toward Standard Interpreter Education Program Admission Criteria, Marc Holmes
International Journal of Interpreter Education
In the United States,signed language interpreter education programs (IEPs) must strike a balance between attracting a sufficient number of students and admitting only high-quality applicants who possess foundational language skills,can graduate in a timely manner and acquire professional credentials expediently. The Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education (2014) asserts that all students entering U.S. IEPs should have strong language skills in both American Sign Language(ASL)and English before beginning to acquire interpreting skills. One way to measure a student’s readiness to enter a program of instruction is through the use of admission criteria. I examined online documents and surveyed52 baccalaureate-granting IEPs in …
Interview Withjoneti Rokotuibau: Building Capacity In The Pacific Islands, Deb Russell, Joneti Rokotuibau
Interview Withjoneti Rokotuibau: Building Capacity In The Pacific Islands, Deb Russell, Joneti Rokotuibau
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This open forum article highlights an interview conducted with JonetiRokotuibau, a signed language interpreter from Fiji. She has recently been elected as the Oceania Regional Representative for the World Association of Sign Language Interpreters (WASLI). She highlights her path to becoming a Fijian Sign Language interpreter and teacher, and how she developed an interest in working with interpreters and the Deaf community. She also describes the ways in which signed language interpreting is developing in the Pacific Islands and how she is partnering with the National Deaf Association to bring about change. Her experiences offer interpreters and educators a glimpse …
Interviewwith An Agent Of Change: Dr. Xiaoyan Xiao, Deb Russell, Xiao Xiaoyan
Interviewwith An Agent Of Change: Dr. Xiaoyan Xiao, Deb Russell, Xiao Xiaoyan
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This interview was conducted with Dr. Xiaoyan Xiao, a professor from Xiamen University in China. She describes her path to becoming a spoken language interpreter and linguist and explains how she developed an interest in signed language research. She also explains how signed language interpreting is developing in China and how she is partnering with the national Deaf association to bring about change. Her experiences offer interpreters and educators a glimpse into some of the many exciting developments in China.
Contextualizing Interpreter Training In Africa: Two Case Studies From Kenya, Carmen Delgado Luchner
Contextualizing Interpreter Training In Africa: Two Case Studies From Kenya, Carmen Delgado Luchner
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This article explores the potential and limitations of interpreter training in Africa. It considers relevant features of the context, namely, the kind of multilingualism that characterizes postcolonial societies (with a coexistence of official, national, regional and vehicular languages within the same geographic space), and the social and geographic distribution of these languages within and across countries. My argument is based on two different interpreter training initiatives implemented in Kenya between 2010 and 2015: a Master’s degree program in conference interpreting for Kenyan and international students with English, French and/or Swahili; and a Certificate program in community interpreting for refugees from …
Interpreter Education In Emerging Settings, George Major, Ineke Crezee
Interpreter Education In Emerging Settings, George Major, Ineke Crezee
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
Cooperation As A Coping Mechanism When Interpreting Between Deaf Refugees And Hearing Professionals, Elisabet Trengereid Olsen
Cooperation As A Coping Mechanism When Interpreting Between Deaf Refugees And Hearing Professionals, Elisabet Trengereid Olsen
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This article describes interpreting between deaf refugees and hearing professionals in community settings, with a focus on cooperation. Extensive communication barriers characterize these situations, as deaf interlocutors and interpreters do not share languages. The situations require interpreters with the ability to communicate visually and use unconventional forms of communication, not depending solely on formalized signed languages when interpreting. Based on interviews with signed language interpreters in qualitative focus groups, this article shows how interpreters in these situations convey meaning between the interlocutors, and how establishing cooperation with the hearing interlocutor is a coping strategy in that regard. The article also …
Accuracy: Omissions In Consecutive Versus Simultaneous Interpreting, Evy Cox, Heidi Salaets
Accuracy: Omissions In Consecutive Versus Simultaneous Interpreting, Evy Cox, Heidi Salaets
International Journal of Interpreter Education
It is sometimes assumed that consecutive interpreting is more accurate than simultaneous interpreting due to note-taking (Andres, 2002; Gile, 2001a; Matyssek, 1989). So far, little comparative research has been conducted to confirm this belief. Omission in interpreting is a well-known phenomenon, which has already been studied from various perspectives. Omissions are a complex matter, especially because a certain degree of subjectivity can never completely be avoided, as will be explained more broadly in this research article. Furthermore, most research on omissions in interpreting consists of small-scale studies. The study described here set out to compare non-strategic omissions in both consecutive …
Working With Active Interpreters: A Commentary About Interpreting Terminology And Concepts, Hilde Haualand, Anna-Lena Nilsson
Working With Active Interpreters: A Commentary About Interpreting Terminology And Concepts, Hilde Haualand, Anna-Lena Nilsson
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This commentary is a critical discussion of some terms that are frequently used when we talk about interpreting. Several of the popular terms may actually downplay the work done by both the interpreters and the other participants in interpreted interaction. In order to accentuate the work done by the interpreter as well as the active contribution by all participants in an interpreted dialogue, the commentary suggests some other terms. We would rather have us talk about working with interpreters than to ‘use’ interpreters, that interpreters interpret from a signed language to a spoken language rather than ‘voice for’, and that …
Dissertation Abstracts, Laurie R. Shaffer, Wei Teng, Philip Britz
Dissertation Abstracts, Laurie R. Shaffer, Wei Teng, Philip Britz
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
Interview With Nicole Wei Lan, Medical Interpreter Educator In Hong Kong And Catti Certified Conference Interpreter, Nicole Lan, Ester S. M. Leung
Interview With Nicole Wei Lan, Medical Interpreter Educator In Hong Kong And Catti Certified Conference Interpreter, Nicole Lan, Ester S. M. Leung
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
Interpreter Education In The International Year Of Indigenous Languages, Ineke Crezee, George Major
Interpreter Education In The International Year Of Indigenous Languages, Ineke Crezee, George Major
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
The Indigenous Interpreter®: An Interview, Cynthia Roat
The Indigenous Interpreter®: An Interview, Cynthia Roat
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
Online Project Based Learning: The Efficacy For Signed Language Interpreters, Campbell Mcdermid, James Pope
Online Project Based Learning: The Efficacy For Signed Language Interpreters, Campbell Mcdermid, James Pope
International Journal of Interpreter Education
Four online lessons were created to study the efficacy of teaching translation within a constructivist approach(Wilcox & Shaffer, 2005). The lessons were self-directed and project-based. Twenty participants supplied a baseline sight translation of an English story into American Sign Language (ASL). A model of “meaning” was used to assess the texts consisting of three levels: literal, enrichment and implicature (McDermid, 2012). A mixed-method evaluation was conducted and results showed that participants enriched their baseline target texts, ranging from 2 to 17 instances. Eight completed a number of online lessons and submitted a second translation of the text, which evidenced more …
Book Review: Here Orthere, Laura Maddox
Book Review: Here Orthere, Laura Maddox
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
American Sign Language Competency: Comparing Student Readiness For Entry Into A Four-Year Interpreter Degree Program, Barbara Garrett, Emily G. Girardin
American Sign Language Competency: Comparing Student Readiness For Entry Into A Four-Year Interpreter Degree Program, Barbara Garrett, Emily G. Girardin
International Journal of Interpreter Education
Foundational language competence is directly related to a student interpreters’ success in interpreter education and ultimately, certification readiness upon graduation. This study focused on the American Sign Language (ASL) expressive competence of applicants to a four-year ASL English interpretation major through a pre-program screening of 250 applicants over eight years. Applicants’ ASL expressive competence compared scores of those who held two-year interpreting degrees to those who had completed four semesters of ASL. Data showed that applicants from two-year interpreting programs and applicants who have taken four semesters of ASL possessed similar expressive ASL competence. This study further examined if applicants …
Dissertation Abstracts, Janis Cole, Nicole Lan, Rosie Henley
Dissertation Abstracts, Janis Cole, Nicole Lan, Rosie Henley
International Journal of Interpreter Education
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Self-Repair On Judged Quality Of Consecutive Interpreting: Attending To Content, Form And Delivery, Weiwei Zhang, Zhongwei Song
The Effect Of Self-Repair On Judged Quality Of Consecutive Interpreting: Attending To Content, Form And Delivery, Weiwei Zhang, Zhongwei Song
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This paper investigates the correlations between self-repair and subjective assessments of student interpreters’ performance in consecutive interpreting(CI). Twelve interpretations from an interpreting contest in China are transcribed, with the self-repairs identified and annotated based on Levelt’s classification (1983), including both overt and covert repairs. In addition to the final scores awarded at the contest, different methods and raters are used to assess the comprising aspects of an overall quality, namely content, form and delivery. Statistical analysis shows that: (1)overt repairs have a strong positive correlation with content, and moderate negative correlations with form and delivery; (2) form and delivery are …
Interview With Niki Baras, Translators And Interpreters Australia -A Division Of Professionals Australia, Oktay Eser, Miranda Lai
Interview With Niki Baras, Translators And Interpreters Australia -A Division Of Professionals Australia, Oktay Eser, Miranda Lai
International Journal of Interpreter Education
Niki Baras represents the Translator and Interpreter Division of Professionals Australia, an amalgamated organization representing professionals from various fields with a mission to ensure their work is recognised and rewarded appropriately. This interview looks at the social status, respect and sustainability issues of community interpreters in Australia from an industrial point of view. After a brief overview of how the Translator and Interpreter Division came about under the organization, Niki explains the historical contexts in which the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters in Australia was founded in 1977. After more than 40 years of development, community interpreting in …
Encountering Change: Job Satisfaction Of Sign Language Interpreters In Finland, Liisa Martikainen, Petri Karkkola, Matti Kuittinen
Encountering Change: Job Satisfaction Of Sign Language Interpreters In Finland, Liisa Martikainen, Petri Karkkola, Matti Kuittinen
International Journal of Interpreter Education
The organizational system for providing Finnish sign language interpreter services has recently changed, and this change has influenced the whole interpretation service industry. It poses major challenges for the maintenance of job satisfaction among sign language professionals. The level of job satisfaction of sign language interpreters (in this study, N = 135) was surveyed by means of an online questionnaire. While examining this phenomenon, this study mainly addresses the systemic factors in employment conditions. According to the results, the level of job satisfaction among interpreters is quite high; however, it remains clearly lower than the average for Finnish workers. The …