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International Journal of Interpreter Education
Community interpreting; mental healthcare; Ireland; training; interview data
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Training For Interpreting In Mental Healthcare In Ireland, Krisztina Zimány
Training For Interpreting In Mental Healthcare In Ireland, Krisztina Zimány
International Journal of Interpreter Education
Interpreting in mental healthcare is a very specialized activity, and given the comparatively low demand, few interpreters receive full-time, area-specific training. As part of a larger research project completed in Ireland, mental health professionals who have worked with interpreters as well as interpreters with experience in working in mental health care shared their views on the subject. The interviews reveal what is available as well as what is lacking in terms of training for this specialised sub-domain of community interpreting. The findings, in general, suggest that there is room for improvement. In addition, there appears to be a difference between …