| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A TICS model from Scotland : a profile of translation, interpreting, and communication support in the public services in Scotland / Isabelle A. Perez and Christine Wilson -- "Top-down" or "bottom-up"? : language policies in public service interpreting in the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Spain / Bernardette O'Rourke and Pedro Castillo -- Role, positioning, and discourse in face-to-face interpreting / Ian Mason -- Teaching interpreting in cyberspace : the answer to all our prayers? / Hanne Skaaden and Maria Wattne -- Interpreters in emergency wards : an empirical study of doctor-interpreter-patient interaction / Raffaela Merlini -- Role models in mental health interpreting / Hanneke Bot -- Feminization : a socially and politically charged translation strategy / Lyse Hébert -- Court interpreters' self perception : a Spanish case study / Anne Martin and Juan Miguel Ortega Herráez -- The pragmatic significance of modal particles in an interpreted German asylum interview / Maria Tillmann -- Forging alliances : the role of the sign language interpreter in workplace discourse / Jules Dickinson and Graham Turner |
| Summary |
Translation, interpreting and other forms of communication support within public sector settings constitute a field which deals, quite literally, with matters of life and death. Overshadowed for many years by interpreting and translating in other domains, public sector interpreting and translating has received growing attention in recent years, with increasingly mobile populations and human rights, diversity and equality legislation shining the spotlight on the need for quality provision across an increasing range and volume of activities. Interpreting and Translating in Public Se |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public service interpreting.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
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Services de traduction.
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Interprétation.
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Public service interpreting
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
De Pedro Ricoy, Raquel
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Perez, Isabelle, 1962-
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Wilson, Christine W. L., 1957-
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| ISBN |
9781317641568 |
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1317641566 |
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