The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters in the Judicial Process - Brossura

Berk-Seligson, Susan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0226043789 ISBN 13: 9780226043784

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2002

Riassunto

Drawing on more than one hundred hours of taped recordings of Spanish/English court proceedings in federal, state, and municipal courts—along with extensive psycholinguistic research using translated testimony and mock jurors—Susan Berk-Seligson's seminal book presents a systematic study of court interpreters, and raises some alarming, vitally important concerns: contrary to the assumption that interpreters do not affect the contents of court proceedings, they could potentially make the difference between a defendant being found guilty or innocent of a crime.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Susan Berk-Seligson is an associate professor of Hispanic linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Winner of the British Association for Applied Linguistics' annual award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Applied Linguistics

Drawing on more than one hundred hours of taped recordings of Spanish and English court proceedings-along with extensive psycholinguistic research using translated testimony and mock jurors-Susan Berk-Seligson's seminal book presents a systematic study of court interpreting issues. Now with a new chapter, it continues to raise some alarming concerns around a crucial point: contrary to the assumption that interpreters do not affect the outcomes of court proceedings, they potentially can make the difference between a defendant being found guilty or innocent of a crime.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0226043789
• ISBN 13: 9780226043784
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336