Ideology, Ethics and Policy Development in Public Service Interpreting and Translation (Paperback)

Carmen Valero-Garces

ISBN 10: 1783097515 / ISBN 13: 9781783097517

Published by Channel View Publications Ltd, Bristol, 2017

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Paperback. This edited collection brings together new research on public service interpreting and translation (PSIT) with a focus on ideology, ethics and policy development. The contributions provide fresh theoretical and empirical perspectives on the inconsistencies in translation and interpreting provision observed in different geonational contexts and the often-reported tensions between prescribed approaches to ethics and practitioner experience. The discussions are set against the backdrop of developments in rights-based discourses on language support services and the professionalisation of the field, drawing attention to how stakeholders and interpreting practitioners navigate the realities of service in the context of shifting ideological landscapes. Particular innovations in the collection include theorisations about policy and practice that draw on political science, applied ethics and paradigms of trauma-informed care. The volume also presents research on settings that have received limited attention to date such as prison and charitable services for survivors of violence and trauma. This collection of new research on public service interpreting and translation (PSIT) focuses on ideology, ethics and policy development. It provides fresh perspectives on the challenges of developing translation and interpreting provision in service contexts and on the tensions between prescribed approaches to ethics and practitioner experience. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ideology, Ethics and Policy Development in Public Service Interpreting and Translation (Paperback)
• Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd, Bristol
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783097515
• ISBN 13: 9781783097517
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This edited collection brings together new research on public service interpreting and translation (PSIT) with a focus on ideology, ethics and policy development. The contributions provide fresh theoretical and empirical perspectives on the inconsistencies in translation and interpreting provision observed in different geonational contexts and the often-reported tensions between prescribed approaches to ethics and practitioner experience. The discussions are set against the backdrop of developments in rights-based discourses on language support services and the professionalisation of the field, drawing attention to how stakeholders and interpreting practitioners navigate the realities of service in the context of shifting ideological landscapes. Particular innovations in the collection include theorisations about policy and practice that draw on political science, applied ethics and paradigms of trauma-informed care. The volume also presents research on settings that have received limited attention to date such as prison and charitable services for survivors of violence and trauma.

About the Authors

Carmen Valero Garcés is Professor of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Alcalá (Madrid). She is Director of the Public Service Translation and Interpreting Training Program, Coordinator of the FITISPos Research Group and founding member of the COMUNICA Group, an inter-university network for research in Public Service Translation and Interpreting in Spain. She has collaborated with the EU Directorate General for Translation in her capacity as an academic expert, and participated in several research projects. She has published several books and a large number of papers and book chapters on translation, interpreting, linguistics and cultural studies.

Rebecca Tipton is the Programme Director for the MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests lie in the history of PSIT in Britain, interpreting for victims of violence in domestic and international contexts and language policy for migrant and refugee populations.