
Self-Preservation in Simultaneous Interpreting
Surviving the role
Claudia Monacelli(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 20. May 2009
Book
Hardback
182 pages
978-90-272-2428-6 (ISBN)
Description
The image of the tightrope walker illustrates the interpreter's balancing act. Compelled to move forward at a pace set by someone else, interpreters compensate for pressures and surges that might push them into the void. The author starts from the observation that conference interpreters tend to see survival as being their primary objective. It is interpreters' awareness of the essentially face-threatening nature of the profession that naturally induces them to seek what the author calls "dynamic equilibrium", a constantly evolving state in which problems are resolved in the interests of maintaining the integrity of the system as a whole. By taking as a starting point the more visible interventions interpreters make (comments on speed of delivery, on exchanges between the chair and the floor), the author is able to explore the interpreter's instinct for self-preservation in an inherently unstable environment.
This volume is an insightful and refreshing account of interpreters' behavior from the other side of the glass-fronted booth.
This volume is an insightful and refreshing account of interpreters' behavior from the other side of the glass-fronted booth.
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This volume is an insightful and refreshing account of interpreters' behavior from the other side of the glass-fronted booth. -- Marjory A. Bancroft, in INTERSECT: A Newsletter about Interpreting, Language and Culture, May 22, 2015More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
+ index
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2428-6 (9789027224286)
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Content
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Preface; 3. Abbreviations; 4. List of tables; 5. List of figures; 6. Transcription key; 7. Chapter 1. Introduction; 8. Chapter 2. Interpreting as a system; 9. Chapter 3. Methodology and corpus; 10. Chapter 4. From system dynamics onward; 11. Chapter 5. Simultaneous interpreting as communicative interaction; 12. Chapter 6. Participation framework and interactional politeness in corpus; 13. Chapter 7. Discussion; 14. Chapter 8. Conclusions; 15. Reference; 16. Appendix: Glossary of terms; 17. Index