Interpreting in Legal Settings » (1st Edition)

Sandra Hale is Associate Professor of Interpreting and Translation at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

Debra Russell is Director of the Western Canadian Centre of Studies in Deafness and is the David Peikoff Chair of Deafness Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada.

The 4th volume in the Studies in Interpretation series describes the challenges of interpreters in coping with the complexity of legal interactions and translating them correctly for their clients.

Introduction ix

Taking Liberties? Duplicity or the Dynamics of Court Interpreting Ruth Morris 1

Interpreting in Asylum Appeal Hearings: Roles and Norms Revisited Waltraud Kolb Franz Pochhacker 26

Court Interpreting and Face: An Analysis of a Court Interpreter's Strategies for Conveying Threats to Own Face Bente Jacobsen 51

Guilty or Not Guilty? An Investigation of Deaf Jurors' Access to Court Proceedings via Sign Language Interpreting Jemina Napier David Spencer 72

Interpreter Preparation Conversations: Multiple Perspectives Debra Russell 123

Legal Interpreting and the Deaf Community in Malaysia Zubaidah Ibrahim-Bell 148

Contributors 171

Index 175