| Mediating Emergencies and Conflicts: Frontline Translating and Interpreting 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Federici, Federico M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349716413 ISBN-13: 9781349716418 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Translating & Interpreting |
| Dewey: 302.2 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting |
| Physical Information: 215 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contributors to this volume discuss different types of emergencies and conflicts and how challenging these multilingual operational environments are for linguists. The growth in reach and number of international relief operations has exposed the limits of current research into these challenges. Evidence in disaster management studies suggests communication remains a major operational issue. This book calls for enhanced focus on the role of translators and interpreters in emergencies by discussing existing research and questions which have emerged from experience in the field. Contributions in this volume undeniably demonstrate the need for multidisciplinary studies in mediating multilingual emergencies. They consider emergencies in hospitals (Cox and L zaro Guti rrez), in disaster response (Dogan), in bespoke training to translators in fast-developing crises (O'Brien), and in planning responses in predictably dangerous habitats (Razumovskaya & Bartashova). The volume also illustrates scenarios in which discourse on language mediation shows bias by limiting political dialogues (Al Shehari), by conditioning news reporting (Skorokhod), and by enforcing stereotypical notions of linguists in wars (Gaunt). |