Editors:
- Focuses on the role of different types of interpreters in conflict scenarios
- Expands beyond Europe to include primary conflicts located in the Middle East, Africa and Asia
- Draws together research from various interdisciplinary backgrounds to create a fuller picture of the factors at play
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War (PASLW)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Interpreting for the Military
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Front Matter
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Humanitarian Interpreting
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Front Matter
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About this book
This edited book examines the role of interpreting in conflict situations, bringing together studies from different international and intercultural contexts, with contributions from military personnel, humanitarian interpreters and activists as well as academics. The authors use case studies to compare relevant notions of interpreting in conflict-related scenarios such as: the positionality of the interpreter, the ethical, emotional and security implications of their work, the specific training needed to carry out work for military and humanitarian organizations, and the relations of power created between the different stakeholders. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of translation and interpreting, conflict and peace studies, as well as conflict resolution and management.
Reviews
“The case studies contained in this edited volume constitute an excellent compilation for practitioners – not just interpreters and their trainers, but military and humanitarian personnel too, as well as for researchers. Different types of sources, sometimes built by the authors themselves,make up the raw material of most of the research in this volume, always complemented by an arsenal of specialized bibliography.” (Jesús Baigorri-Jalón, Translation Matters, Vol. 4 (1), 2022) “A fascinating, eye-opening collection of unique studies that sets the standard for research on interpreting in military and humanitarian contexts.” -- Mona Baker, University of Oslo, Norway
“A key compilation for interpreters and researchers interested in interpreting in conflict zones and related fields.” -- Jesús Baigorri-Jalón, former United Nations staff interpreter and author of Languages in the Crossfire: Interpreters in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) (forthcoming).
“This timely volume gathers an impressive body of international research on interpreting which encompasses violent conflict and the refugee and humanitarian crises that emerge in its aftermath.” -- Moira Inghilleri, Professor of Translation and Interpreting Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Editors and Affiliations
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
Marija Todorova
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Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Lucía Ruiz Rosendo
About the editors
Marija Todorova is a Visiting Scholar of the RCPCE at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University American College Skopje, North Macedonia. She is Editor of New Voices in Translation Studies, and a member of the Executive Council of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies.
Lucía Ruiz Rosendo is Assistant Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She has published in a number of journals, including The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, Armed Forces & Society and Translation Spaces, and also co-edited the special issue 'Interpreting in Conflict Situations and in Conflict Zones Throughout History’ for Linguistica Antverpiensia in 2016.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Interpreting Conflict
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Framework
Editors: Marija Todorova, Lucía Ruiz Rosendo
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66909-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66908-9Published: 12 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66911-9Published: 13 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66909-6Published: 11 May 2021
Series ISSN: 2947-5902
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5910
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 320
Topics: Applied Linguistics, International Relations, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Diplomacy