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Author Takeda, Kayoko, author

Title Interpreting the Tokyo War Crimes Trial : a sociopolitical analysis / Kayoko Takeda
Published Ottawa [Ont.] : University of Ottawa Press, ©2010 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 183 pages : illustrations, portraits)
Contents Introduction -- The trial -- The interpreting arrangements -- Profiles of the linguists -- Hierarchy and learning process -- Tojo's testimony -- Sociological perspectives -- Conclusion
Summary In order to ensure its absolute authority, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal (1946-1948), the Japanese counterpart of the Nuremberg Trial, adopted a three-tier structure for its interpreting: Japanese nationals interpreted the proceedings, second-generation Japanese-Americans monitored the interpreting, and Caucasian U.S. military officers arbitrated the disputes. The first extensive study on the subject in English, this book explores the historical and political contexts of the trial as well as the social and cultural backgrounds of the linguists through trial transcripts in English and Japanese
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-160) and index
Notes Includes some text in Japanese
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Subject International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
SUBJECT International Military Tribunal for the Far East fast
Subject Tokyo Trial, Tokyo, Japan, 1946-1948.
Court interpreting and translating -- Japan
War crime trials -- Japan.
Linguists -- Japan -- History
Translating and interpreting -- Political aspects -- Japan -- History
Translating and interpreting -- Social aspects -- Japan -- History
LAW -- International.
Court interpreting and translating
Linguists
Translating and interpreting -- Political aspects
Translating and interpreting -- Social aspects
War crime trials
Japan
Japan -- Tokyo
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780776619125
0776619128
Other Titles Interpreting the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal