1887
Volume 7, Issue 1
  • ISSN 2211-3711
  • E-ISSN: 2211-372X
USD
Buy:$35.00 + Taxes

Abstract

Emanating from the recent sociological turn of translation studies scholarship ( Wolf 2006 , 2007 , 2009 and 2010 ), translation and interpreting practices in non-governmental organizations has become a field of research that imperatively requires cross-disciplinary approaches. This paper investigates multilingual initiatives carried out by the Human Rights Investigation Lab (HRIL) and Translators Without Borders (TWB) and their contribution to ensuring language access in crisis scenarios. Based on interviews with delegates from both organizations, and taking into consideration legal and sociological perspectives, it sets out a broad reflection on how translation studies research is evolving in the area of NGOs. It intends to address the caveats that can arise from both conceptual and empirical approaches in the design of future projects, as it explores the notion of discipline-specific knowledge and relevant concepts in translation training and external collaborations.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1075/ts.00008.mor
2018-08-10
2023-09-28
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

References

  1. Cornu, Gérard
    2005Linguistique juridique. 3rd Edition. Paris: Montchrestien.
    [Google Scholar]
  2. Diaz Fouces, Óscar, and Esther Monzó-Nebot
    2010 “What Would a Sociology Applied to Translation Be Like?” MonTI2: 9–18.
    [Google Scholar]
  3. Ditlevsen, Marianne
    2011 “Towards a Methodological Framework for Knowledge Communication.” Current Issues in Specialized Communication, edited byMargrethe Petersen and Jan Engberg, 187–208, Bern: Peter Lang.
    [Google Scholar]
  4. Engberg, Jan
    2016 “Emphasising the Individual in Legal Translation: Consequences of Knowledge Communication and Post-Structuralist Approaches.” InLanguages for Specific Purpose: Research and Translation across Cultures and Media, edited byGiuliana Elena Garzone, Dermot Heaney and Giorgia Riboni, 41–61. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
    [Google Scholar]
  5. Gémar, Jean-Claude
    1982 “Fonctions de la traduction juridique en milieu bilingue et langage du droit au Canada.” InLangage du droit et traduction. Essais de jurilinguistique, edited byJean-Claude Gémar, 121–137. Montreal: Linguatech.
    [Google Scholar]
  6. 2011 “Aux sources de la ‘jurilinguistique’: texte juridique, langues et cultures.” Revue Française de Linguistique Appliquée16(1): 9–16. Paris: Publications linguistiques.
    [Google Scholar]
  7. Gémar, Jean-Claude and Nicholas Kasirer
    2005La jurilinguistique. Entre langues et droits. Montreal/Brussels: Thémis/Bruylant.
    [Google Scholar]
  8. Glasser, Bill
    2018Language Access and Social Justice. A Framework for Interpreters in the Time of Division, Demonization, and Despair. Keynote address, 18th Annual Educational Conference of California Healthcare Interpreting Association, Irvine, California. AccessedApril, 6, 2018. www.chiaonline.org/resources/Conference%202018/Glasser%20final%20speech.Updated.pdf
    [Google Scholar]
  9. Inghilleri, Moira
    2005 “The Sociology of Bordieu and the Construction of the ‘Object’ in Translation and Interpreting Studies.” The Translator11(2): 125–145.
    [Google Scholar]
  10. 2016Translation and Migration. London: Routledge.
    [Google Scholar]
  11. Kastberg, Peter
    2010 “Knowledge Communication – Formative Ideas and Research Impetus.” Programmatic Perspectives2(1): 59–71.
    [Google Scholar]
  12. Kelly, Dorothy
    2002 “Un modelo de competencia traductora: bases para el diseño curricular.” Puentes1: 9–20. Granada: Universidad de Granada.
    [Google Scholar]
  13. 2005A Handbook for Translator Trainers. Manchester: St Jerome Publishing.
    [Google Scholar]
  14. 2007 “Translator Competence Contextualized. Translator Training in the Framework of the Higher Education Reform: In Search of Alignment in Curricular Design.” InAcross Boundaries: International Perspectives on Translation Studies, edited byDorothy Kenny and Kyongjoo Ryou, 128–142. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
    [Google Scholar]
  15. Martín Ruano, María Rosario
    2014 “From Suspicion to Collaboration: Defining New Epistemologies of Reflexive Practice for Legal Translation and Interpreting.” Journal of Specialised Translation22: 194–213.
    [Google Scholar]
  16. 2017 “Developing Public Service Translation and Interpreting under the Paradigm of Recognition: Towards Divesity-Sensitive Discourses on Ethics in PSIT.” InIdeology, Ethics and Policy Development in Public Service Interpreting and Translation, edited byCarmen Valero Garcés and Rebecca Tipton: 21–37. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
    [Google Scholar]
  17. Monzó-Nebot, Esther and Juan Jiménez-Salcedo
    (eds) 2018Translation and Justice in a Postmonolingual Age. Delaware: Vernon Press.
    [Google Scholar]
  18. Moreno-Rivero, Javier and Juan Jiménez-Salcedo
    2017 “On Jurilinguistics: The Principles and Applications of Research on Language and Law.” InRevista de Llengua i Dret/ The Journal of Language and Law68: 1–4.
    [Google Scholar]
  19. PACTE
    PACTE 2003 “Building a Translation Competence Model.” InTriangulating Translation: Perspectives in Process Orients Research, edited byFavio Alves, 43–66. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
    [Google Scholar]
  20. PACTE
    PACTE 2017Researching Translation Competence by PACTE Group. Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
    [Google Scholar]
  21. Pérez-González, Luis
    2017 “Investigating Digitally Born Amateur Subtitling Agencies in the Context of Popular Culture.” InNon-professional Subtitling, edited byDavid Orrego-Carmona and Yvonne Lee, 15–37. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars.
    [Google Scholar]
  22. Tesseur, Wine
    2014Transformation through Translation: Translation Policies at Amnesty International. Unpublished PhD thesis, Aston University.
    [Google Scholar]
  23. 2017 “Incorporating Translation into Sociolinguistic Research: Translation Policy in an International Non-governmental Organisation.” Journal of Sociolinguistics21(5): 629–649.
    [Google Scholar]
  24. Valero Garcés, Carmen and Rebecca Tipton
    (eds) 2017Ideology, Ethics and Policy Development in Public Service Interpreting and Translation. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
    [Google Scholar]
  25. Vidal Claramonte, María del Cármen and María del Rosario Martín Ruano
    2013Traducción, política(s), conflictors: legados y retos para la era del multiculturalismo. Granada: Comares.
    [Google Scholar]
  26. Vidal Claramonte, María del Cármen
    2013 “Towards a New Research Model in Legal Translation: Future Perspectives in the Era of Asymmetry.” Linguistica Antverpiensia12: 182–196.
    [Google Scholar]
  27. Wallace, Melissa and Carlos Iván Hernández
    2017 “Language Access for Asylum Seekers in Bordeland Detention Centers in Texas.” Revista de Llengua i Dret/ The Journal of Language and Law68: 143–156.
    [Google Scholar]
  28. Wolf, Michaela
    2006 “Translating and Interpreting as a Social Practice – Introspection into a New Field.” InÜbersetzen – Translating – Traduire: Towards a ‘social Turn’?, edited byMichaela Wolf, 9–19. Münster-Viena: LIT Verlag.
    [Google Scholar]
  29. 2007 “The Emergence of a Sociology of Translation” Constructing a Sociology of Translation, edited byMichaela Wolf and Alexandra Fukari, 1–36. Amsterdam- Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
    [Google Scholar]
  30. 2009 “The Implications of a Sociological Turn – Methodological and Disciplinary Questions.” InTranslation Research Projects 2, edited byAnthony Pym and Alexander Perekrestenko, 73–79. Tarragona: Intercultural Studies Group.
    [Google Scholar]
  31. 2010 “Translation “Going Social”? Challenges to the (Ivory) Tower of Babel.” MonTI2: 29–46.
    [Google Scholar]
http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1075/ts.00008.mor
Loading
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was successful
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error