Full Description
In the light of recent waves of mass immigration, non-professional interpreting and translation (NPIT) is spreading at an unprecedented pace. While as recently as the late 20th century much of the field was a largely uncharted territory, the current proportions of NPIT suggest that the phenomenon is here to stay and needs to be studied with all due academic rigour.
This collection of essays is the first systematic attempt at looking at NPIT in a scholarly and at the same time pragmatic way. Offering multiple methods and perspectives, and covering the diverse contexts in which NPIT takes place, the volume is a welcome turn in an all too often polarized debate in both academic and practitioner circles.
Contents
1. Chapter 1. Introducing NPIT studies (by Antonini, Rachele); 2. Part 1. State of the art of research on NPIT and general issues; 3. Chapter 2. Unprofessional translation: A blog-based overview (by Harris, Brian); 4. Chapter 3. We are all translators: Investigating the human ability to translate from a developmental perspective (by Whyatt, Boguslawa); 5. Chapter 4. Dialoguing across differences: The past and future of language brokering research (by Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich); 6. Part 2. NPIT in healthcare, community and public services; 7. Chapter 5. Intercultural mediation and "(non)professional" interpreting in Italian healthcare institutions (by Baraldi, Claudio); 8. Chapter 6. More than mere translators: The identities of lay interpreters in medical consultations (by Ticca, Anna-Claudia); 9. Chapter 7. Issues of terminology in public service interpreting: From affordability through psychotherapy to waiting lists (by Pollabauer, Sonja); 10. Chapter 8. From confinement to community service: Migrant inmates mediating between languages and cultures (by Rossato, Linda); 11. Chapter 9. The role and self-regulation of non-professional interpreters in religious settings: The VIRS project (by Hild, Adelina); 12. Chapter 10. Simultaneous interpreting and religious experience: Volunteer interpreting in a Finnish Pentecostal church (by Hokkanen, Sari); 13. Chapter 11. Beyond the professional scope?: Sign language translation as a new challenge in the field (by Grbic, Nadja); 14. Chapter 12. Language-related disaster relief in Haiti: Volunteer translator networks and language technologies in disaster aid (by Rogl, Regina); 15. Part 3. NPIT performed by children; 16. Chapter 13. Bilingual youngsters' perceptions of their role as family interpreters: Why should their views be measured? Why should they count? (by Angelelli, Claudia V.); 17. Chapter 14. Child language brokers' representations of parent-child relationships (by Cline, Tony); 18. Chapter 15. Child language brokering in private and public settings: Perspectives from young brokers and their teachers (by Cirillo, Letizia); 19. Chapter 16. Through the children's voice: An analysis of language brokering experiences (by Antonini, Rachele); 20. Chapter 17. Seeing brokering in bright colours: Participatory artwork elicitation in CLB research (by Torresi, Ira); 21. Chapter 18. Language brokering: Mediated manipulations, and the agency of the interpreter/translator (by Bauer, Elaine); 22. Chapter 19. Not just child's play: Exploring bilingualism and language brokering as a precursor to the development of expertise as a professional sign language interpreter (by Napier, Jemina); 23. Index
